Title :
Thermal nonlinearity analysis of toroidal microcavities
Author :
Soltani, Soheil ; Armani, Andrea M.
Author_Institution :
Ming Hsieh Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Electrophys., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
The thermally-induced resonance shift produced by absorption of circulating light is studied theoretically and experimentally. Multiphysics finite element method modeling incorporating thermal and optical components is performed and verified using toroidal optical cavities.
Keywords :
finite element analysis; light absorption; micro-optics; microcavities; thermal analysis; light absorption; multiphysics finite element method modeling; optical components; thermal components; thermal nonlinearity analysis; thermally-induced resonance shift; toroidal microcavities; toroidal optical cavities; Cavity resonators; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; finite element method; optical microcavity; resonator;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995359
