• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 2, Issue 2, 45 (2014)
Mohammed Sharif Murib1, Emre Yuce1, Oguzhan Gurlu2, and and Ali Serpenguzel1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Koc University, Microphotonics Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, Istanbul 34450, Turkey
  • 2Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Sciences and Letters, Department of Physics, Maslak, Sariyer, Istanbul 34469, Turkey
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.2.000045 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Mohammed Sharif Murib, Emre Yuce, Oguzhan Gurlu, and Ali Serpenguzel. Polarization behavior of elastic scattering from a silicon microsphere coupled to an optical fiber[J]. Photonics Research, 2014, 2(2): 45 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Free-space and (b) integrated optics depiction of a silicon microsphere with radius a coupled to a single-mode OFHC placed at an impact parameter b, and the elastic scattering due to the WGMs, GS, and SI.
    Fig. 1. (a) Free-space and (b) integrated optics depiction of a silicon microsphere with radius a coupled to a single-mode OFHC placed at an impact parameter b, and the elastic scattering due to the WGMs, GS, and SI.
    Illustration of an elastic scattering spectrum from a microsphere indicating the WGMs, the MD, the BG, and the spectral mode spacing (Δλ).
    Fig. 2. Illustration of an elastic scattering spectrum from a microsphere indicating the WGMs, the MD, the BG, and the spectral mode spacing (Δλ).
    (a) Schematic of the experimental setup describing the elastic scattering from the silicon microsphere. (b) Picture of the silicon microsphere positioned on the silica OFHC.
    Fig. 3. (a) Schematic of the experimental setup describing the elastic scattering from the silicon microsphere. (b) Picture of the silicon microsphere positioned on the silica OFHC.
    Elastic scattering intensity (a) unpolarized, (b) TE polarized, and (c) TM polarized spectra from a silicon microsphere.
    Fig. 4. Elastic scattering intensity (a) unpolarized, (b) TE polarized, and (c) TM polarized spectra from a silicon microsphere.
    Single-mode spacing (Δλ) spectral coverage for (a) unpolarized, (b) TE polarized, and (c) TM polarized elastic scattering from a silicon microsphere.
    Fig. 5. Single-mode spacing (Δλ) spectral coverage for (a) unpolarized, (b) TE polarized, and (c) TM polarized elastic scattering from a silicon microsphere.
    One-third of mode spacing (Δλ/3) in spectral coverage for (a) unpolarized, (b) TE polarized, and (c) TM polarized elastic scattering from a silicon microsphere.
    Fig. 6. One-third of mode spacing (Δλ/3) in spectral coverage for (a) unpolarized, (b) TE polarized, and (c) TM polarized elastic scattering from a silicon microsphere.
    Mohammed Sharif Murib, Emre Yuce, Oguzhan Gurlu, and Ali Serpenguzel. Polarization behavior of elastic scattering from a silicon microsphere coupled to an optical fiber[J]. Photonics Research, 2014, 2(2): 45
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