Encapsulation of a fiber taper coupled microtoroid resonator in a polymer matrix
Optics
2013-07-25 v1 Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
We encapsulated a high-quality (Q) factor optical whispering gallery mode (WGM) microtoroid resonator together with its side coupled fiber taper inside a low refractive index polymer, achieving a final Q higher than 10^7. Packaging provides stable resonator-fiber taper coupling, long-term maintenance of high-Q, a protective layer against contaminants, and portability to microtoroid resonator based devices. We tested the robustness of the packaged device under various conditions and demonstrated its capability for thermal sensing.
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@article{arxiv.1304.6423,
title = {Encapsulation of a fiber taper coupled microtoroid resonator in a polymer matrix},
author = {Faraz Monifi and Sahin Kaya Ozdemir and Jacob Friedlein and Lan Yang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.6423},
year = {2013}
}
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6 pages, 5 figures, 20 references