Device and method using asymmetric optical resonances

US7881565B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Onur Kilic · Palo Alto, US
• Michel J. F. Digonnet · Palo Alto, US
• Gordon S. Kino · Stanford, US
• Olav Solgaard · Stanford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 27, 2006
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 25, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B82Y20/00
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical resonator includes a reflective element and an optical fiber. The optical fiber is positioned relative to the reflective element such that light emitted from the optical fiber is reflected by the reflective element. The optical resonator has an optical resonance with a resonance lineshape that is asymmetric as a function of wavelength.