Integrated optical disk resonator
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1. A method of detecting the presence of a perturbation of a microresonator comprising:
- exciting at least first and second resonant guided optical modes of a microresonator with a light source that is in optical communication with the microresonator;
inducing a first frequency shift in the first resonant guided optical mode and a second frequency shift in the second resonant guided optical mode, wherein the second frequency shift can be zero; and
comparing the first frequency shift and the second frequency shift.
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A method and system are disclosed for detecting the presence of a perturbation of a microresonator including the step of exciting at least first and second resonant guided optical modes of a microresonator with a light source that is in optical communication with the microresonator. The method further includes inducing a first frequency shift in the first resonant guided optical mode and a second frequency shift in the second resonant guided optical mode, wherein the second frequency shift can be zero. Another step of the method is comparing the first frequency shift and the second frequency shift.
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1. A method of detecting the presence of a perturbation of a microresonator comprising:
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exciting at least first and second resonant guided optical modes of a microresonator with a light source that is in optical communication with the microresonator; inducing a first frequency shift in the first resonant guided optical mode and a second frequency shift in the second resonant guided optical mode, wherein the second frequency shift can be zero; and comparing the first frequency shift and the second frequency shift. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of detecting the presence of a perturbation of a microresonator comprising:
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exciting at least first and second resonant guided optical modes of a microresonator with a light source that is in optical communication with the microresonator, wherein the microresonator includes a first optical scattering center, wherein the first and second resonant guided optical modes are scattered into at least third and fourth guided optical modes by the first scattering center; inducing a first frequency shift in the first optical mode and a second frequency shift in the second guided optical mode, wherein the second frequency shift can be zero, wherein the first and second frequency-shifted resonant guided optical modes are scattered into at least fifth and sixth guided optical modes by the first scattering center; detecting the third, fourth, fifth and sixth guided optical modes at a detector located at a center location of the microresonator; comparing a first frequency difference between third and fifth guided optical modes with a second frequency difference between the fourth and sixth guided optical modes. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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