Polymeric Whispering Gallery Mode Micro-Resonators
Year: 2016
Authors: Kalt H., Siegle T., Krammer S., Flatae A.M., Schierle S., Richter B., Nocentini S., Parmeggiani C., Zeng H., Burresi M., Wiersma D.S., Wondimu S.F., Schuch P., Koos C.
Autors Affiliation: Institute of Applied Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, 76128, Germany; European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Via Nello Carrara 1, Sesto Fiorentino, FI 50019, Italy; Zoological Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, 76128, Germany; CNR-INO, Via Nello Carrara 1, Sesto Fiorentino, FI 50019, Italy; Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, 76128, Germany
Abstract: We review fabrication and optics of polymeric high-Q whispering gallery mode resonators. They are employed as bio-sensors featuring selective parallel functionalization of arrays and integration into lab-on-A-chip systems. Liquid crystalline elastomers enable wide tunability of resonances. Elastomer substrates allow photonic molecules with tunable coupling gap.
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KeyWords: Elastomers; Optical resonators; Photonics; Plastics; Polymers; Resonators, Biosensing; Functionalizations; Lab-on-a-chip systems; Liquid crystalline elastomers; Micro resonators; Photonic molecules; Tunable coupling; Whispering gallery mode resonator; Whispering gallery modes