DocumentCode :
2577483
Title :
Photonic molecules in the Terahertz - mode splitting in coupled dielectric whispering gallery mode resonators
Author :
Preu, S. ; Schwefel, H.G.L. ; Malzer, S. ; Dohler, G.H. ; Wang, L.J. ; Hanson, M. ; Zimmerman, J.D. ; Gossard, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Opt., Inf. & Photonics Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg
Volume :
4
fYear :
2008
fDate :
22-26 June 2008
Firstpage :
27
Lastpage :
29
Abstract :
We present an investigation of photonic molecules in the (sub-) terahertz range. We couple two dielectric whispering gallery mode resonators with matched resonance spectra over tens of resonances. The (loaded) quality (Q)-factors of the individual disks range from 50 - 800. We observe mode splitting for all modes in the range of 0.15 - 0.33 (0.29) THz for a set of polyethylene (quartz) disks with radius = 3 mm (1.8 mm). With increasing distance of the resonators, the splitting decreases due to reduced mode overlap, in very good agreement with numerical calculations. The frequency splitting of different modes is also in good agreement with the numerical calculation.
Keywords :
Q-factor; dielectric resonators; optical resonators; whispering gallery modes; coupled dielectric whispering gallery mode resonators; frequency 0.15 THz to 0.33 THz; numerical calculation; photonic molecules; polyethylene disks; quality factors; terahertz-mode splitting; Couplings; Dielectrics; Frequency; Optical fiber polarization; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Q factor; Resonance; Whispering gallery modes; coupled resonators; mode splitting; photonic molecule; terahertz; whispering gallery modes;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2625-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2626-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598721
Filename :
4598721
Link To Document :
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