Title :
High-Q whispering-gallery modes in 2-D cavities: looking beyond the conventional circular resonator design
Author :
Boriskina, Svetlana V. ; Benson, Trevor M. ; Sewell, Phillip ; Nosich, Alexander I.
Author_Institution :
George Green Inst. for Electromagn. Res., Nottingham Univ., UK
Abstract :
Integral equation analysis of noncircular wavelength-scale WG-mode cavities is presented with applications to microlasers, waveguide filters and mm-wave oscillators. Results provide both higher accuracy and clearer physical insight than those from approximate and numerical techniques.
Keywords :
cavity resonators; integral equations; micro-optics; microcavities; millimetre wave oscillators; optical resonators; optical waveguide filters; 2-D cavities; circular resonator design; integral equation analysis; microlasers; mm-wave oscillators; waveguide filters; whispering-gallery modes; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic waveguides; Geometrical optics; Integral equations; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Resonator filters; Shape; Waveguide lasers; Whispering gallery modes;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8306-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338746
