Radially graded index whispering gallery mode resonator for penetration enhancement

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 26285-26291

  Zhu, Di ^a,b   Zhou, Yanyan ^a,b   Yu, Xia ^a   Shum, Ping ^b   Luan, Feng ^b  

^a SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT WAVE; FIELD PENETRATION; GRADED INDEX; INDEX PROFILE; PENETRATION ENHANCEMENTS; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE RESONATOR;

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

RESONATORS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84870590555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.026285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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