Monolithic whispering-gallery mode resonators with vertically coupled integrated bus waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1166-1168

  Ghulinyan, Mher ^a   Guider, Romain ^b   Pucker, Georg ^a   Pavesi, Lorenzo ^c  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Monolithic integration; optical resonator; vertical coupling

Indexed keywords

BOROPHOSPHOSILICATE GLASS; BUS WAVEGUIDES; COMPLEX RESONATOR; COUPLED SYSTEMS; COUPLING SCHEME; DIFFERENT MODES; FULLY INTEGRATED; MASS FABRICATION; METROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; MICRO RESONATORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; OPTICAL QUALITIES; OPTOMECHANICAL; PLANAR RESONATORS; PLANARIZATION; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; SILICON CHIP; SILICON-BASED; STRIP WAVEGUIDES; VERTICAL COUPLING; WAFER-SCALE; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SILICON WAFERS; WAVEGUIDES;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 79960980987     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2157487     Document Type: Article

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