Robust spot-packaged microsphere-taper coupling structure for in-line optical sensors

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 1736-1738

  Yan, Ying Zhan ^a   Zou, Chang Ling ^b   Yan, Shu Bin ^a   Sun, Fang Wen ^b   Liu, Jun ^a   Xue, Chen Yang ^a   Zhang, Yu Guang ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Zhang, Wen Dong ^a   Xiong, Ji Jun ^a  

^a NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber taper; microsphere resonator; optical sensor; package; whispering gallery modes (WGMs)

Indexed keywords

COUPLING REGION; COUPLING STRUCTURES; COUPLING SYSTEMS; EVANESCENT FIELD SENSING; FIBER TAPER; HIGH OVER-LOAD; IN-LINE; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; MICROSPHERE RESONATOR; PACKAGE; PACKAGE MATERIALS; QUALITY FACTORS; STANDARD FIBERS; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

OPTICAL SENSORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MICROSPHERES;

EID: 80155129648     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2169051     Document Type: Article

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