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WO2008153559A3
WO2008153559A3 PCT/US2007/069905 US2007069905W WO2008153559A3 WO 2008153559 A3 WO2008153559 A3 WO 2008153559A3 US 2007069905 W US2007069905 W US 2007069905W WO 2008153559 A3 WO2008153559 A3 WO 2008153559A3
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whispering
gallery
detecting light
optical resonator
mode resonators
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Anatoliy Savchenkov
Lutfollah Maleki
Makan Mohageg
Thanh M Le
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California Inst Of Techn
Anatoliy Savchenkov
Lutfollah Maleki
Makan Mohageg
Thanh M Le
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Abstract

An optical device including a whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical resonator configured to support one or more whispering gallery modes; and a photodetector optically coupled to an exterior surface of the optical resonator to receive evanescent light from the optical resonator to detect light inside the optical resonator.
PCT/US2007/069905 2007-05-29 2007-05-29 Detecting light in whispering-gallery-mode resonators WO2008153559A2 (en)

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US6473218B1 (en) * 1999-06-11 2002-10-29 California Institute Of Technology Light modulation in whispering-gallery-mode resonators
US6490039B2 (en) * 2000-08-08 2002-12-03 California Institute Of Technology Optical sensing based on whispering-gallery-mode microcavity
US20040202422A1 (en) * 2001-09-10 2004-10-14 Gunn Lawrence Cary Tuning the index of a waveguide structure
US20040240781A1 (en) * 2002-05-17 2004-12-02 Anatoliy Savchenkov Optical filter having coupled whispering-gallery-mode resonators
US20050088657A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2005-04-28 Toshiki Sugawara Optical measurment device and spectroscopic device
US20050210989A1 (en) * 2004-02-26 2005-09-29 Ja Shiou-Jyh Microresonator-based high-performance high-pressure sensor and system
US7085452B1 (en) * 2003-03-21 2006-08-01 I Fos, Inc. Optical devices having WGM cavity coupled to side-polished port

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US6473218B1 (en) * 1999-06-11 2002-10-29 California Institute Of Technology Light modulation in whispering-gallery-mode resonators
US6490039B2 (en) * 2000-08-08 2002-12-03 California Institute Of Technology Optical sensing based on whispering-gallery-mode microcavity
US20040202422A1 (en) * 2001-09-10 2004-10-14 Gunn Lawrence Cary Tuning the index of a waveguide structure
US20040240781A1 (en) * 2002-05-17 2004-12-02 Anatoliy Savchenkov Optical filter having coupled whispering-gallery-mode resonators
US7085452B1 (en) * 2003-03-21 2006-08-01 I Fos, Inc. Optical devices having WGM cavity coupled to side-polished port
US20050088657A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2005-04-28 Toshiki Sugawara Optical measurment device and spectroscopic device
US20050210989A1 (en) * 2004-02-26 2005-09-29 Ja Shiou-Jyh Microresonator-based high-performance high-pressure sensor and system

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