Film spacer for setting the gap between an optical coupler and a whispering-gallery mode optical resonator
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1. A system comprising:
- an optical coupler having a coupler surface for evanescent coupling of light to or from an optical or electro-optical device; and
a film connected to the coupler surface and configured to provide for total internal reflection of the light at an interface between the coupler surface and the film.
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Abstract
This application teaches systems and techniques that use an optical coupler and a film for evanescently coupling light to or from an optical or electro-optical device. The film is connected to the coupler surface as a spacer for setting the distance between the optical coupler and the optical or electro-optical device.
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64 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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an optical coupler having a coupler surface for evanescent coupling of light to or from an optical or electro-optical device; and
a film connected to the coupler surface and configured to provide for total internal reflection of the light at an interface between the coupler surface and the film. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system comprising:
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an optical coupler having a coupler surface for evanescent coupling of light to or from an optical or electro-optical device; and
a film connected to the coupler surface, wherein the film is selected from the group consisting of MgF2, TEFLON, and NAVITAR FIBERCOAT QLI. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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an optical coupler having a coupler surface for evanescent coupling of light to or from an optical or electro-optical device; and
a film connected to the coupler surface, wherein light propagates through the optical coupler and the thickness of the film ranges in value from about 0.1 to about 3 times the wavelength of the light. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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an optical coupler having a coupler surface for evanescent coupling of light to or from an optical or electro-optical device; and
a film connected to the coupler surface, wherein the film is deposited on the coupler surface by vapor deposition or liquid deposition with subsequent polymerization of the film. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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an optical coupler having a coupler surface;
a film connected to the coupler surface; and
an optical resonator optically coupled to the film, wherein the film provides for total internal reflection of the light at an interface between the coupler surface and the film. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system comprising:
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an optical coupler having a coupler surface;
a film connected to the coupler surface; and
an optical resonator optically coupled to the film, wherein the film is selected from the group consisting of MgF2, TEFLON, and NAVITAR FIBERCOAT QLI. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system comprising:
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an optical coupler having a coupler surface;
a film connected to the coupler surface; and
an optical resonator optically coupled to the film, wherein light propagates through the optical coupler and the thickness of the film ranges in value from about 0.1 to about 3 times the wavelength of the light. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A system comprising:
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an optical coupler having a coupler surface;
a film deposited on the coupler surface; and
an optical resonator optically coupled to the film, wherein the film is deposited on the coupler surface by vapor deposition or liquid deposition with subsequent polymerization of the film. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method of coupling light, the method comprising:
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propagating light through an optical coupler having a coupler surface; and
evanescently coupling light through a film connected to and in contact with the coupler surface and into an optical or electro-optical device in contact with the film, wherein the thickness of the film ranges in value from about 0.1 to about 3 times the wavelength of the light. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A system, comprising:
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an optical whispering gallery mode resonator;
a film spacer having a first surface in contact with the resonator and a second surface, the film spacer having a thickness between the first and the second surface to allow an evanescent field of the resonator to be present at the second surface; and
an optical coupler in contact with the second surface of the film spacer and optically evanescently coupled to the resonator, wherein the film spacer has a refractive index less than a refractive index of the resonator and is configured to provide for total internal reflection of the light at an interface between the optical coupler and the film spacer. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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