New optical cylindrical microresonators

Yurii K. Gun'ko; Sivakumar Balakrishnan; Joseph E. McCarthy; Yuri P. Rakovich; John F. Donegan; Tatiana S. Perova; Vasily Melnikov

doi:10.1117/12.737362

7 November 2007 New optical cylindrical microresonators

Yurii K. Gun'ko, Sivakumar Balakrishnan, Joseph E. McCarthy, Yuri P. Rakovich, John F. Donegan, Tatiana S. Perova, Vasily Melnikov

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Proceedings Volume 6739, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection, and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications; 67391F (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.737362
Event: Optics/Photonics in Security and Defence, 2007, Florence, Italy

Abstract

In this paper we describe a novel technique for the fabrication of aluminosilicate microfibres and microtubes which are shown to act as optical cylindrical microresonators. The alumosilicate microfibres and microtubes were fabricated by using vacuum-assisted wetting and filtration of silica gel through a microchannel glass matrix. The microfibres and microtubes were studied using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), micro-photoluminescence spectroscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging confocal microscopy. In the emission spectra of the micro-resonators we find very narrow periodic peaks corresponding to the whispering gallery modes of two orthogonal polarizations with quality factors up to 3200. A strong enhancement in photoluminescence decay rates at high excitation power demonstrates the occurrence of amplified spontaneous emission from a single microtube. These microtubes show a large evanescent field extending many microns beyond the tube radius. Potential applications for these novel microresonators will be in the area of optical microsensors for a single molecule detection of biological and chemical species, including anti-terrorism and defense sectors.

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Yurii K. Gun'ko, Sivakumar Balakrishnan, Joseph E. McCarthy, Yuri P. Rakovich, John F. Donegan, Tatiana S. Perova, and Vasily Melnikov "New optical cylindrical microresonators", Proc. SPIE 6739, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection, and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications, 67391F (7 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.737362

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