Title :
Micro-gear resonator for direct coupling to normal-incident waves
Author :
Qiu, Ciyuan ; Xu, Qianfan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
We show a diffraction-based coupling scheme that allows a high-Q micro-resonator to directly manipulate a free-space optical beam at normal incidence. The normal-incident transmission and reflection change 40% over a wavelength range of 0.3 nm.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; light transmission; micro-optics; optical couplers; optical resonators; diffraction-based coupling scheme; direct coupling; free-space optical beam; high-Q microresonator; microgear resonator; normal-incident transmission; normal-incident waves; reflection change; Couplings; Gratings; Optical beams; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
