TY - GEN
T1 - Encapsulation of a microtoroid resonator side-coupled to a fiber taper into a polymer matrix
AU - Monifi, Faraz
AU - Ozdemir, Sahin
AU - Yang, Lan
AU - Friedlein, Jacob
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - We demonstrate that a whispering gallery mode (WGM) microtoroidal optical resonator retains its high quality factor Q > 107 when encapsulated into a low index polymer matrix. We tested the packaged system in water with various salt concentrations and temperatures, and in air under various room conditions, showing that the polymer package keeps the resonator intact from degrading effects of environment, providing a robust and stable resonator-fiber coupling. The developed packaging technique provides portability to on-chip WGM resonators, enabling operations in the field.
AB - We demonstrate that a whispering gallery mode (WGM) microtoroidal optical resonator retains its high quality factor Q > 107 when encapsulated into a low index polymer matrix. We tested the packaged system in water with various salt concentrations and temperatures, and in air under various room conditions, showing that the polymer package keeps the resonator intact from degrading effects of environment, providing a robust and stable resonator-fiber coupling. The developed packaging technique provides portability to on-chip WGM resonators, enabling operations in the field.
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U2 - 10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358780
DO - 10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358780
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84871761580
SN - 9781457707315
T3 - 2012 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2012
SP - 632
EP - 633
BT - 2012 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2012
T2 - 25th IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2012
Y2 - 23 September 2012 through 27 September 2012
ER -