Designing whispering gallery modes via transformation optics

Nature Photonics

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 647-652

  Kim, Yushin ^a   Lee, Soo Young ^b   Ryu, Jung Wan ^b,c   Kim, Inbo ^b   Han, Jae Hyung ^b   Tae, Heung Sik ^b   Choi, Muhan ^b   Min, Bumki ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIELECTRIC CAVITIES; DIRECTIONAL EMISSION; EMISSION DIRECTIONALITY; ROTATIONAL SYMMETRIES; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; TRANSFORMATION OPTICS; ULTRA-LOW THRESHOLD; WHISPERING GALLERY;

WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

EID: 84988733643     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2016.184     Document Type: Article

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