Photonic molecules made of matched and mismatched microcavities

Photonic molecules made of matched and mismatched microcavities: new functionalities of microlasers and optoelectronic components. Invited talk presented by Svetlana V. Boriskina at 2007 SPIE Photonics West Conference This video file & the corresponding .pdf file are available here:
http://www.bio-page.org/boriskina/Photonic_Molecules_Boriskina_SPIE2007_invited.wmv
http://www.bio-page.org/boriskina/Photonic_Molecules_matched_mismatched_microcavities_Boriskina2007.pdf References: 1. Boriskina, S., Photonic Molecules and Spectral Engineering, in Photonic Microresonator Research and Applications, I. Chremmos, O. Schwelb, and N. Uzunoglu, Editors. 2010, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. p. 393-421. 2. Boriskina, S.V., Theoretical prediction of a dramatic Q-factor enhancement and degeneracy removal of whispering gallery modes in symmetrical photonic molecules. Opt. Lett., 2006. 31(3): p. 338-340. 3. Boriskina, S.V., Coupling of whispering-gallery modes in size-mismatched microdisk photonic molecules. Opt. Lett., 2007. 32(11): p. 1557-1559. 4. Boriskina, S.V., Spectrally engineered photonic molecules as optical sensors with enhanced sensitivity: a proposal and numerical analysis. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 2006. 23(8): p. 1565-1573. 5. Boriskina, S.V., Spectral engineering of bends and branches in microdisk coupled-resonator optical waveguides. Opt. Express, 2007. 15(25): p. 17371-17379. 6. Pishko, S.V., et al., Efficient analysis and design of low-loss whispering-gallery-mode coupled resonator optical waveguide bends. J. Lightwave Technol., 2007. 25(9): p. 2487-2494. 7. Boriskina, S.V. and L. Dal Negro, Self-referenced photonic molecule bio(chemical)sensor. Opt. Lett., 2010. 35(14): p. 2496-2498.