Title :
Loss characterization in micro-cavities using the thermal bistability effect
Author :
Rokhsari, H. ; Spillane, S.M. ; Vahala, K.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., USA
Abstract :
We investigate the role of absorption and scattering losses in limiting the quality factor of toroidal micro-cavities by monitoring the threshold power for thermal bistability in these structures.
Keywords :
Q-factor; cavity resonators; light absorption; light scattering; micro-optics; microcavities; nonlinear optics; optical bistability; optical losses; optical resonators; thermal stability; absorption loss; loss characterization; quality factor; scattering loss; thermal bistability effect; toroidal micro-cavities; Absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Q factor; Resonance; Thermal factors;
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.2004.1338754
