Analytical estimates of eigenfrequencies, dispersion, and field distribution in whispering gallery resonators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3056-3063

  Demchenko, Yury A ^a   Gorodetsky, Michael L ^a,b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MISIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DISPERSIONS;

ACCURATE CALCULATIONS; ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; ANALYTICAL ESTIMATES; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; SECOND-ORDER DISPERSION; UNIFORM APPROXIMATION; WHISPERING GALLERY RESONATORS;

RESONATORS;

EID: 84887294208     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.003056     Document Type: Article

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