Title :
Enhancement of evanescent coupling to whispering-gallery modes caused by Au nanorods grown on a microresonator surface
Author :
Shopova, S.I. ; Blackledge, C.W. ; Farca, G. ; Rosenberger, A.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK
Abstract :
Gold nanorods are grown on the surfaces of high quality optical microresonators. Measurements show huge enhancement of the coupling of resonator modes to an optical fiber in the range of nanorod surface plasmon frequencies.
Keywords :
gold; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical fibres; optical resonators; surface plasmons; whispering gallery modes; Au; gold nanorod growth; nanorod surface plasmon frequencies; optical fiber; optical microresonator surface; resonator mode coupling; whispering-gallery modes; Frequency; Gold; Microcavities; Optical coupling; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Surface morphology; Whispering gallery modes; (230.5750) Resonators; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (350.3950) Micro-optics;
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.2006.4628726
