Three-dimensional analysis of cylindrical microresonators based on the aperiodic Fourier modal method
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Stimulated Stokes and Antistokes Raman Scattering in Microspherical Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators
Published on: April 4, 2016
Andrea Armaroli1, Alain Morand, Pierre Benech
1ENDIF, Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, via Saragat 1, 44100 Ferrara, Italy. andrea.armaroli@unife.it
Abstract:
We develop a 3D vectorial description of microresonators of the microdisk and microring types based on the aperiodic Fourier modal method. Such a rigorous coupled-wave analysis allows us to evaluate accurately the resonant wavelengths, the quality factor, and the full profile of whispering-gallery modes. The results are compared with 2D (effective index) as well as 3D finite-difference time domain calculations.
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