DocumentCode
2873518
Title
Fiber-taper coupling to Whispering-Gallery modes of a droplet resonator embedded in a liquid medium
Author
Hossein-Zadeh, Mani ; Vahala, Kerry J.
Author_Institution
T.J. Watson Lab. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
For the first time we demonstrate efficient coupling to the Whispering Gallery modes of a droplet resonator embedded in liquid medium. The droplet is trapped using novel techniques and fiber-taper is used for optical coupling.
Keywords
optical couplers; optical resonators; whispering gallery modes; droplet resonator; fiber-taper coupling; liquid medium; optical coupling; whispering-gallery modes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical fiber testing; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Silicon compounds; Whispering gallery modes; (230.5750) resonators; (999.9999) microdroplets; (999.9999) whispering-gallery modes;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628381
Filename
4628381
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