Inventors:
Andrey B. Matsko - Pasadena CA, US
Anatoliy A. Savchenkov - Glendale CA, US
Lute Maleki - Pasadena CA, US
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Washington DC
International Classification:
G02B 6/42
H01S 3/08
H01S 3/00
US Classification:
385 30, 385 15, 385 27, 385 28, 385 24, 385 32, 385 39, 372 97, 372 98, 372 94, 372 92, 359346
Abstract:
A vertically-coupled whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonator optical waveguide, a method of reducing a group velocity of light, and a method of making a waveguide are provided. The vertically-coupled WGM waveguide comprises a cylindrical rod portion having a round cross-section and an outer surface. First and second ring-shaped resonators are formed on the outer surface of the cylindrical rod portion and are spaced from each other along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical rod. The first and second ring-shaped resonators are capable of being coupled to each other by way an evanescent field formed in an interior of the cylindrical rod portion.