title: Three-dimensional analysis of cylindrical microresonators based on the aperiodic Fourier modal method.
abstract: We develop a 3D vectorial description of microresonators of the microdisk and microring types based on the aperiodic Fourier modal method. Such a rigorous coupled-wave analysis allows us to evaluate accurately the resonant wavelengths, the quality factor, and the full profile of whispering-gallery modes. The results are compared with 2D (effective index) as well as 3D finite-difference time domain calculations.
authors.affiliation: ENDIF, Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, via Saragat 1, 44100 Ferrara, Italy. andrea.armaroli@unife.it
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Armaroli
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morand
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benech
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellanca
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trillo