Micro-resonator with metallic mirrors coupled to a bus waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2417-2425

  Zamek, Steve ^a   Feng, Liang ^a,b   Khajavikhan, Mercedeh ^a   Tan, Dawn T H ^a   Ayache, Maurice ^a   Fainman, Yeshaiahu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MIRRORS;

BUS WAVEGUIDES; CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE; FREE SPECTRAL RANGE; METALLIC MIRRORS; MICRO RESONATORS; Q-FACTORS; RESONANT STRUCTURES; SILICON ON INSULATOR;

WAVEGUIDES;

METAL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; METALS; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 79851475243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.002417     Document Type: Article

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