Encapsulation of a fiber taper coupled microtoroid resonator in a polymer matrix

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1458-1461

  Monifi, Faraz ^a   Ozdemir, Sahin Kaya ^a   Friedlein, Jacob ^b   Yang, Lan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

microresonator; microtoroid; optical sensing; robustness; Whispering gallery mode (WGM)

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM MAINTENANCES; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; MICRO RESONATORS; MICROTOROID; OPTICAL SENSING; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; SIDE-COUPLED FIBERS; THERMAL SENSING;

REFRACTIVE INDEX; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

RESONATORS;

EID: 84880550949     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2013.2266573     Document Type: Article

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