Fundamentals and Applications of Microsphere Resonator Circuits

Springer Series in Optical Sciences

Volumn 156, Issue , 2010, Pages 423-457

  Astratov, Vasily N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple Cavity; Fano Resonance; Optical Transport; Polystyrene Microsphere; Whisper Gallery Mode

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103596688     PISSN: 03424111     EISSN: 15561534     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1744-7_17     Document Type: Chapter

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