Resonant wavelengths of whispering gallery modes in dispersive materials

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Velázquez-Ibarra, L., Barranco, J.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866909858052177920
author Velázquez-Ibarra, L.
Barranco, J.
author_facet Velázquez-Ibarra, L.
Barranco, J.
contents In this work we compute the resonant wavelength of whispering gallery modes for bulk-fused silica microspheres including chromatic dispersion. This is done following two methods: by solving the exact characteristic equation and, on the other hand, by solving the nonlinear equations that result for a variable refractive index in the asymptotic approximations. Similar results with both methods are obtained with differences below $1\%$ . Nevertheless, important differences are found with respect to the resonant wavelengths computed with a constant index and with a variable index. We compute the free spectral range and the quality factor, and make a comparison between the variable index and the constant index cases. The differences are of significant relevance for the free spectral range, while for the quality factor, the constant case is insensitive to the chromatic dispersion. Our work could be useful as a pathway for designing microspheres for different applications.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2403_00589
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Resonant wavelengths of whispering gallery modes in dispersive materials
Velázquez-Ibarra, L.
Barranco, J.
Optics
In this work we compute the resonant wavelength of whispering gallery modes for bulk-fused silica microspheres including chromatic dispersion. This is done following two methods: by solving the exact characteristic equation and, on the other hand, by solving the nonlinear equations that result for a variable refractive index in the asymptotic approximations. Similar results with both methods are obtained with differences below $1\%$ . Nevertheless, important differences are found with respect to the resonant wavelengths computed with a constant index and with a variable index. We compute the free spectral range and the quality factor, and make a comparison between the variable index and the constant index cases. The differences are of significant relevance for the free spectral range, while for the quality factor, the constant case is insensitive to the chromatic dispersion. Our work could be useful as a pathway for designing microspheres for different applications.
title Resonant wavelengths of whispering gallery modes in dispersive materials
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00589