Temperature Sensing Performance of Microsphere Resonators

Ultimate Q of optical microsphere resonators.

We demonstrate the quality factor Q - (0.8 +/- 0.1) x 10(10) of whispering-gallery modes in fused-silica microspheres at 633 nm, close to the ultimate level determined by fundamental material attenuation as measured in optical fibers. The lifetime of ultimate Q is limited by adsorption of atmospheric water. Monitoring of adsorption kinetics with submonolayer sensitivity by Q factors and frequen...

Design and Applications of Optical Microsphere Resonators

Simulation and optimization of polymer-coated microsphere resonators in chemical vapor sensing.

This study presents a chemical vapor sensor based on polymer-coated microsphere resonators. A theoretical simulation of the sensor response is performed, and optimization of the polymer layer thickness is investigated. Results show that the sensor exhibits a good linearity and a low detection limit of the refractive index change. Especially at the thermostable thickness of the polymer layer, th...

Optimization of Whispering Gallery Mode Microsphere Resonators and Their Application in Biomolecule Sensing By

Analytical Modeling of Quality Factor for Shell Type Microsphere Resonators

In this paper, we have proposed a shell type dielectric microsphere resonator in order to enhance its quality factor. In this work we have assumed that the radius of dielectric microsphere is 12μm and that the interior metal layer radius is 11.5μm. We have obtained analytic equations for Vector potentials, characteristic equation, quality factor, resonance frequency and resonance location of TE...