Silica microtoroid resonator sensor with monolithically integrated waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 23592-23603

  Zhang, Xiaomin ^a   Armani, Andrea M ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RESONATORS; SILICA; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

FULLY INTEGRATED; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; MICRO RESONATORS; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; OPERATING RANGES; QUALITY FACTORS; RESONATOR SENSORS; TEMPERATURE SENSING;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84885437189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.023592     Document Type: Article

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