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Few-Mode Whispering-Gallery-Mode Resonators

TBMG-11989

01/01/2006

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Whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) optical resonators of a type now under development are designed to support few well-defined waveguide modes. In the simplest case, a resonator of this type would support one equatorial family of WGMs; in a more complex case, such a resonator would be made to support two, three, or some other specified finite number of modes. Such a resonator can be made of almost any transparent material commonly used in optics. The nature of the supported modes does not depend on which material is used, and the geometrical dispersion of this resonator is much smaller than that of a typical prior WGM resonator. Moreover, in principle, many such resonators could be fabricated as integral parts of a single chip.

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"Few-Mode Whispering-Gallery-Mode Resonators," Mobility Engineering, January 1, 2006.
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Jan 1, 2006
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TBMG-11989
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