Title :
Surface plasmon resonance enhanced coupling to whispering-gallery modes in optical micropillar resonators
Author :
Hon, Nick K. ; Poon, Andrew W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Kowloon
Abstract :
We report surface plasmons enhanced coupling to whispering-gallery modes in micropillar resonators. We observe a 4-fold coupling enhancement using a glass prism coated with a 20-nm gold film and coupled to a silica micropillar resonator.
Keywords :
micro-optics; optical glass; optical prisms; optical resonators; surface plasmon resonance; whispering gallery modes; glass prism; optical micropillar resonators; size 20 nm; surface plasmon resonance enhanced coupling; whispering-gallery modes; Coatings; Gold; Optical coupling; Optical films; Optical reflection; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Resonance; Whispering gallery modes; (230.5750) Resonators; (240.6680) Surface plasmons;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628957
