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
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