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A Polymeric Platform for Whispering Gallery Modes Silica Microresonators Coupling

Gianluca Persichetti1, Vito Coviello1, Daniele Farnesi2

  • 1Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 80124 Napoli, Italy.

Polymers
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WGM resonatorscoupling efficiencygrating couplerspolymer waveguides

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