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Self‐Assembled Organic Crystalline Microrings as Active Whispering‐Gallery‐Mode Optical Resonators
Author(s) -
Zhang Chuang,
Zou ChangLing,
Yan Yongli,
Wei Cong,
Cui JinMing,
Sun FangWen,
Yao Jiannian,
Zhao Yong Sheng
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced optical materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 91
ISSN - 2195-1071
DOI - 10.1002/adom.201200065
Subject(s) - whispering gallery wave , resonator , materials science , photonics , mode (computer interface) , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , quality (philosophy) , computer science , optics , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
Photonic ring structures can provide better photon confinement than1D structures. Organic molecules are self‐assembled into high‐quality crystalline microrings in evaporating microdroplets. These size‐tunable microrings could efficiently confine their fluorescence, and serve as active whispering‐gallery‐mode resonators with quality factors over 300, providing great possibilities for a series of fundamental components in integrated photonic circuits.