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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Information Photonics, 2005. IP 2005. OSA Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Charlotte, NC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6637-5
