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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Anatoliy Savchenkov, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Lutfollah Maleki, Pasadena, CA (US);
Makan Mohageg, Valley Village, CA (US);
Thanh M. Le, Duarte, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anatoliy Savchenkov, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Lutfollah Maleki, Pasadena, CA (US);
Makan Mohageg, Valley Village, CA (US);
Thanh M. Le, Duarte, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02F 1/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical device including a whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical resonator configured to support one or more whispering gallery modes; and a photodetector optically coupled to an exterior surface of the optical resonator to receive evanescent light from the optical resonator to detect light inside the optical resonator.