Design of subwavelength-size, indium tin oxide (ITO)-clad optical disk cavities with quality-factors exceeding 104

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 23469-23474

  Senlik, Özlem ^a   Cheong, Hwi Yoon ^a   Yoshie, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INDIUM; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL DISK STORAGE; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER); RESONATORS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

CAVITY DESIGN; DISK RESONATOR; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LOW THRESHOLDS; MATERIAL GAIN; OPTICAL DISKS; OPTICAL MODES; Q-FACTORS; QUALITY FACTORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUB-WAVELENGTH; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 80755127038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.023469     Document Type: Article

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