Effects of the slot width and angular position on the mode splitting in slotted optical microdisk resonator

Lingling Dai; Yiheng Yin; Yanhui Hu; Biyao Yang; Ming Ding

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000194

Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 3, 194(2017)

Effects of the slot width and angular position on the mode splitting in slotted optical microdisk resonator

Lingling Dai^1,2, Yiheng Yin¹, Yanhui Hu^1,2, Biyao Yang¹, and Ming Ding^1,2、*

Author Affiliations

¹School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

²International Research Institute for Multidisciplinary Science, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

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Paper Information

Category: Optical Resonators

Received: Jan. 19, 2017

Accepted: Mar. 11, 2017

Published Online: Oct. 9, 2018

The Author Email: Ming Ding (mingding@buaa.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000194

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