| US 7,555,179 B2 | ||
| Optical microresonator with resonant waveguide imparting polarization | ||
| Robert M. Montgomery, Indialantic, Fla. (US); Michael R. Lange, Melbourne, Fla. (US); and Michael DeRoy, Melbourne, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Harris Corporation, Melbourne, Fla. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 22, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/177,181. | ||
| Application 12/177181 is a division of application No. 11/114321, filed on Apr. 26, 2005, granted, now 7,424,187. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0273828 A1, Nov. 06, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 6/26 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 385—39 | 9 Claims |
| 1. An optical microresonator comprising:
a microcylinder having a cylindrical outer surface;
a resonant waveguide formed on the microcylinder and having a plurality of spaced resonant elements, each formed as a circumferential
ridge and each circumferential ridge extending completely around the microcylinder and spaced in parallel to each other and
each extending outward from the cylindrical outer surface for optically coupling light from an optical source waveguide onto
the microcylinder such that light is guided around the surface of the microcylinder; and
a coating formed over each of the spaced resonant elements and operative with the resonant elements and of a refractive index
to bring any polarization states into degeneracy.
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