• DocumentCode
    2745230
  • Title

    Conical and bottle microresonators in an optical fiber with angstrom-scale radius variation

  • Author

    Sumetsky, M.

  • Author_Institution
    OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    5
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    Angstrom-scale radius variation of an optical fiber enables fully confined discrete whispering gallery states evanescently excited by a transverse microfiber. This is experimentally demonstrated for a bottle microresonator containing a single localized axial state.
  • Keywords
    holey fibres; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical resonators; whispering gallery modes; angstrom-scale radius variation; bottle microresonators; conical microresonators; discrete whispering gallery states; localized axial state; optical fiber; transverse microfiber; Equations; Microcavities; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Photonics; Turning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110397
  • Filename
    6110397