Add to BibSonomyAbstract
This paper investigates the Q-factor limits for far-field collection of the whispering gallery modes of active microspheres. It is shown that non-resolvable ‘mode-splitting’ arising from slight asphericity accounts for the typically low Q-factors.
© 2015 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Coupling of a near-field probe to whispering gallery modes in a microsphere
O. Benson, S. Götzinger, and V. Sandoghdar
QThD72 International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) 2000
Coupling between Fundamental Whispering Gallery Modes in Chains of Microspheres
L.I. Deych, C. Schmidt, A. Chipouline, T. Pertsch, and A. Tunnermann
FTuG4 Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2007
Integrated Coupling to Whispering Gallery Modes of Microspheres in a Microfluidic Platform
Arthur Nitkowski and Michal Lipson
FWY3 Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2009