• DocumentCode
    512745
  • Title

    Optical delay lines formed by circuits of spherical cavities with coupled whispering gallery modes

  • Author

    Astratov, V.N. ; Kanaev, A.V. ; Ashili, S.P. ; Franchak, J.P. ; Cai, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Opt. Sci., Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-8 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We propose a novel concept of optical delay lines where the tunable delay can be achieved by controlling the inter-resonator gap sizes in circuits of optically coupled microspheres.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical delay lines; whispering gallery modes; inter-resonator gap; optical delay lines; optically coupled microspheres; spherical cavities circuits; tunable delay; whispering gallery modes; Coupling circuits; Delay lines; Integrated optics; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Resonance light scattering; Whispering gallery modes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Photonics, 2005. IP 2005. OSA Topical Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Charlotte, NC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6637-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5411908