Title :
Fiber-taper coupling to Whispering-Gallery modes of a droplet resonator embedded in a liquid medium
Author :
Hossein-Zadeh, Mani ; Vahala, Kerry J.
Author_Institution :
T.J. Watson Lab. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
For the first time we demonstrate efficient coupling to the Whispering Gallery modes of a droplet resonator embedded in liquid medium. The droplet is trapped using novel techniques and fiber-taper is used for optical coupling.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical resonators; whispering gallery modes; droplet resonator; fiber-taper coupling; liquid medium; optical coupling; whispering-gallery modes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical fiber testing; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Silicon compounds; Whispering gallery modes; (230.5750) resonators; (999.9999) microdroplets; (999.9999) whispering-gallery modes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628381
