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Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 4, 362(2017)

Bandpass transmission spectra of a whispering-gallery microcavity coupled to an ultrathin fiber

Fuchuan Lei, Rafino M. J. Murphy, Jonathan M. Ward, Yong Yang, and Síle Nic Chormaic^*

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Light-Matter Interactions Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan

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Fuchuan Lei, Rafino M. J. Murphy, Jonathan M. Ward, Yong Yang, Síle Nic Chormaic, "Bandpass transmission spectra of a whispering-gallery microcavity coupled to an ultrathin fiber," Photonics Res. 5, 362 (2017)

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Category: Resonators

Received: Mar. 10, 2017

Accepted: Jun. 12, 2017

Published Online: Jan. 21, 2019

The Author Email: Síle Nic Chormaic (sile.nicchormaic@oist.jp)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000362

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