title: Optical snakes and ladders: dispersion and nonlinearity in microcoil resonators.
abstract: Microcoil resonators are a radical new geometry for high Q resonators with unique linear features. In this paper I briefly summarise their linear properties before extending the analysis to nonlinear interactions in microcoil resonators. As expected such nonlinear resonators are bistable and exhibit hysteresis. Finally I discuss possible applications and extensions to such resonators.
authors.affiliation: Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. ngb@orc.soton.ac.uk
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Broderick
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D008027:Light; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D010825:Physics / Q000295:instrumentation; D014159:Transducers