Dynamic Fano Resonance in Thin Fiber Taper Coupled Cylindrical Microcavity

• Main Authors: Yadong Miao, Yunchong Peng, Yu Xiang, Mi Li, Yu Lu, Yuejiang Song
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2016-01-01
• Series: IEEE Photonics Journal
• Subjects: Microcavity; Fano resonance; radiation mode; whispering gallery mode (WGM); thin fiber taper
• Online Access: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7747475/
• ISSN: 1943-0655

Fano resonance results from interference between a background and a resonant scattering, which produces the asymmetrical lineshape. A cylindrical microcavity naturally possesses localized whispering gallery mode (WGM) and delocalized radiation mode, and a thin fiber taper can excite these two modes simultaneously. The localized WGM can interfere with the weak delocalized background to generate Fano resonance in the thin fiber taper coupled cylindrical microcavity. In addition, the Fano parameter can be adjusted by changing the gap between fiber taper and microcylinder cavity or the coupling diameter of fiber taper. The experimental results agree well with the quantum scattering theory.