Title :
Interactions of sub-wavelength light scatterers with a whispering-gallery-mode optical microresonator
Author :
Zhu, Jiangang ; Ozdemir, Sahin Kaya ; He, Lina ; Yang, Lan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA
Abstract :
Investigation of the dynamics of mode splitting manipulated by two scatterers in an optical microresonator is presented. The experimental results are explained by a multiple-scatterer theory and the applications on nanoparticle detection and sizing are discussed.
Keywords :
light scattering; micro-optics; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; optical beam splitters; optical resonators; whispering gallery modes; mode splitting; multiple-scatterer theory; nanoparticle detection; nanoparticle sizing; optical microresonator; sub-wavelength light scatterers; whispering gallery mode; Couplings; Microcavities; Optical fiber polarization; Optical scattering; Optimized production technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
