A robust and tunable add-drop filter using whispering gallery mode microtoroid resonator

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 3306-3315

  Monifi, Faraz ^a   Friedlein, Jacob ^b   Özdemir, Şahin Kaya ^a   Yang, Lan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Add drop filter (ADF); microresonator; microtoroid; thermal effects; whispering gallery mode (WGM)

Indexed keywords

ADD-DROP FILTERS; DROP EFFICIENCY; DROP WAVEGUIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; MICRO RESONATORS; MICROTOROID; NEW DEVICES; ON CHIPS; SIDE WALLS; TAPER FIBER; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

DROPS; SILICA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 84867804119     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2214026     Document Type: Article

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