• DocumentCode
    689580
  • Title

    Octagonal toroid microcavity for mechanically robust coupling with optical fiber

  • Author

    Suzuki, Ryo ; Kato, Toshihiko ; Tanabe, Takasumi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Critical coupling and mechanically robust coupling between a whispering-gallery mode and a tapered fiber is simultaneously demonstrated by using an octagonal toroid microcavity with a theoretical Q of 8.8×106 and an experimental value of 2.2×104.
  • Keywords
    micro-optics; microcavities; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre theory; whispering gallery modes; mechanically robust coupling; octagonal toroid microcavity; optical fiber; tapered fiber; theoretical Q; whispering-gallery mode; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Microcavities; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833967