Rayleigh scattering, mode coupling, and optical loss in silicon microdisks

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3693-3695

  Borselli, Matthew ^a   Srinivasan, Kartik ^a   Barclay, Paul E ^a   Painter, Oskar ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODE COUPLING; OPTICAL LOSSES; RADIAL NUMBERS; WHISPERING-GALLERY MODES (WGM);

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CLADDING (COATING); DEPOSITION; FABRICATION; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SILICON;

EID: 9744277520     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1811378     Document Type: Article

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