Effect of size disorder on the optical transport in chains of coupled microspherical resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 6923-6937

  Deng, Chao Sheng ^a,b   Xu, Hui ^a   Deych, Lev ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOEXCITATION; RESONATORS;

LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; LONG CHAINS; MICROSPHERICAL RESONATORS; NEAREST-NEIGHBORS; OPTICAL EXCITATIONS; OPTICAL TRANSPORT; RADIATIVE LOSS; SCALING RELATIONS; SIZE DISORDER; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; STRONG ENHANCEMENT; TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MICROSPHERES; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 79953212987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.006923     Document Type: Article

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