• DocumentCode
    1653224
  • Title

    Directional waveguide coupling from a wavelength-scale deformed microdisk

  • Author

    Redding, B. ; Ge, L. ; Solomon, G.S. ; Cao, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate unidirectional evanescent coupling of lasing emission from a deformed microdisk to a waveguide. The clockwise and counter-clockwise propagating ray orbits are spatially separated by wave optics effects, enabling selective coupling.
  • Keywords
    microdisc lasers; optical couplers; optical waveguides; directional waveguide coupling; lasing emission; ray orbits; selective coupling; unidirectional evanescent coupling; wave optics effects; wavelength scale deformed microdisk; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Laser modes; Optical waveguides; Orbits; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325644