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Single-point-diamond-turned GaAs disk resonator with over a million optical quality factor

Optics 2024-08-15 v1 Applied Physics

Abstract

Gallium arsenide optical resonators have been identified as platforms for light-matter interactions ranging from optomechanics to quantum electrodynamics involving nonlinear optics. Here, we present a 5-mm-diameter whispering gallery mode resonator made of undoped gallium arsenide. The fabrication was done using single-point diamond turning followed by polishing with diamond solutions of varying grain size. The resulting resonator was optically characterized to have a quality factor of more than a million.

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@article{arxiv.2408.07076,
  title  = {Single-point-diamond-turned GaAs disk resonator with over a million optical quality factor},
  author = {Lily M. Platt and Mallika Irene Suresh and Farhan Azeem and Luke S. Trainor and Harald G. L. Schwefel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.07076},
  year   = {2024}
}
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