Observations of interior whispering gallery modes in asymmetric optical resonators with rational caustics
Optics
2009-11-13 v2
Abstract
We propose asymmetric resonant cavities with rational caustics and experimentally demonstrate interior whispering gallery modes in monolithic silicon mesoscopic microcavities. These microcavities demonstrate unique robustness of cavity quality factor (Q) against roughness Rayleigh scattering. Angle-resolved tapered fiber measurements and near-field images observe distinct resonant families and asymmetric emission from interior whispering gallery modes, which can be used for microcavity laser and CQED applications.
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@article{arxiv.0707.2552,
title = {Observations of interior whispering gallery modes in asymmetric optical resonators with rational caustics},
author = {Jie Gao and Pascal Heider and Charlton J. Chen and Xiaodong Yang and Chad A. Husko and Chee Wei Wong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.2552},
year = {2009}
}
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11 pages, 4 figures