Extended and localized photon states in 1D-coupled resonators

Author

Möller, B.M. ; Woggon, U. ; Artemyev, M.V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Dortmund, Dortmund

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

The evolution of individual microsphere-resonator modes into coherently coupled photon states is studied using polarization-sensitive imaging spectroscopy. Photon localization is found both due to Bloch-mode formation and size disorder in agreement with a coupled-oscillator model.

Keywords

light coherence; light polarisation; micro-optics; microcavities; optical resonators; quantum optics; visible spectroscopy; Bloch-mode formation; coherently coupled photon states; coupled microresonators; coupled-oscillator model; extended photon states; localized photon states; microsphere-resonator modes; one-dimensional-coupled resonators; photon localization; polarization-sensitive imaging spectroscopy; size disorder; Coupling circuits; Local oscillators; Microcavities; Optical coupling; Optical resonators; Photonics Society; Polymers; Predictive models; Resonance; Spectroscopy; (140.4780) Optical resonators; (270.1670) Coherent optical effects; (300.6470) Spectroscopy, semiconductors;

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.2006.4629122

Filename

4629122