Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 7, 2026
Rapid Repetition Rate Fluctuation Measurement of Soliton Crystals in a Microresonator
Published on: December 15, 2021
Semiclassical evaluation of frequency splittings in coupled optical microdisks
Abstract:
When two microdisks are placed close to each other and the evanescent fields of their whispering gallery modes are overlapped, a strong coupling can be induced in the modes and lead to a doublet state. We attempt to evaluate the frequency splittings of the doublets by applying a semiclassical analysis in the regime of small wavelengths. Since a whispering gallery mode in a microdisk is a leaky mode, an established semiclassical method that deals with coupled closed systems is modified. As a result, we attain an analytic formula which can conveniently compute the frequency splittings of coupled whispering gallery modes. The derived formula is verified by demostrating a perfect agreement with numerical solutions of Maxwell's equations.
Related Concept Videos
01:26Phase Contrast and Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy
In-phase-contrast microscopes, interference between light directly passing through a cell and light refracted by cellular components is used to create high-contrast, high-resolution images without staining. It is the oldest and simplest type of microscope that creates an image by altering the wavelengths of light rays passing through the specimen. Altered wavelength paths are created using an annular stop in the condenser. The annular stop produces a hollow cone of...
01:02¹H NMR: Interpreting Distorted and Overlapping Signals
As Δν decreases and the signals move closer, the doublets appear increasingly distorted. The intensities of the inner lines increase at the cost of those of the outer lines as the signals are...