Title :
Optical bottle microresonators: Cleaning-up the spectral mess
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We have demonstrated robust and accurate methods of selecting whispering gallery modes in optical bottle microresonators (BMR) by accurately placing high-index liquid drops and inscribing micro-scars on BMR´s surface by focused ion beam milling. BMRs with cleaned-up transmission spectra and superior performance are obtained.
Keywords :
cleaning; focused ion beam technology; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; milling; optical resonators; whispering gallery modes; BMR surface; cleaned-up transmission spectra; focused ion beam milling; high-index liquid drops; inscribing microscars; optical bottle microresonators; spectral mess cleaning; whispering gallery modes; Biomedical optical imaging; Integrated optics; Microcavities; Optical fibers; Optical filters;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253728
