• DocumentCode
    2879385
  • Title

    Enhancement of evanescent coupling to whispering-gallery modes caused by Au nanorods grown on a microresonator surface

  • Author

    Shopova, S.I. ; Blackledge, C.W. ; Farca, G. ; Rosenberger, A.T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Gold nanorods are grown on the surfaces of high quality optical microresonators. Measurements show huge enhancement of the coupling of resonator modes to an optical fiber in the range of nanorod surface plasmon frequencies.
  • Keywords
    gold; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical fibres; optical resonators; surface plasmons; whispering gallery modes; Au; gold nanorod growth; nanorod surface plasmon frequencies; optical fiber; optical microresonator surface; resonator mode coupling; whispering-gallery modes; Frequency; Gold; Microcavities; Optical coupling; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Surface morphology; Whispering gallery modes; (230.5750) Resonators; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (350.3950) Micro-optics;
  • 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.2006.4628726
  • Filename
    4628726