DocumentCode
3489777
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
fYear
2004
fDate
28-30 June 2004
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
ISSN
1099-4742
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8306-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338754
Filename
1338754
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