• DocumentCode
    2747110
  • Title

    Resonant coupling to microspheres and light pressure effects in microfluidic fiber-integrated platforms

  • Author

    Svitelskiy, Oleksiy V. ; Li, Yangcheng ; Sumetsky, Misha ; Carnegie, David ; Rafailov, Edik ; Astratov, Vasily N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Opt. Sci., Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    185
  • Lastpage
    186
  • Abstract
    We show that high index (~2.0) barium titanate glass microspheres are perfect candidates for applications involving liquid immersion due to their high quality (~104) whispering gallery resonances evanescently excited in compact (4-15 μm) spherical resonators.
  • Keywords
    barium compounds; micro-optics; microfluidics; optical glass; radiation pressure; whispering gallery modes; BaTiO2; barium titanate glass microspheres; light pressure effects; liquid immersion; microfluidic fiber-integrated platforms; resonant coupling; spherical resonators; whispering gallery resonances; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Q factor; light pressure; microfluidics; microoptics; microspheres; optical resonance; whispering gallery modes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110487
  • Filename
    6110487