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Microwave Photonics Systems Based on Whispering-gallery-mode Resonators
Published on: August 5, 2013
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ZORRO: zirconium oxide resonators for all-in-one Raman and whispering-gallery-mode optical sensing
N Bontempi1, I Vassalini1, S Danesi1
1INSTM and Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, University of Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy. ivano.alessandri@unibs.it.
Abstract:
We report the observation of whispering-gallery modes in 2 μm-sized SiO2/ZrO2 core/shell beads utilized as all-dielectric Raman enhancers. This allows us to achieve simultaneous optical and Raman ultrasensitive detection with a single spectral analysis. This opportunity opens exciting perspectives for the multimodal chemical sensing and fabrication of optical fiber devices.

