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Whispering gallery modes in hexagonal microcavities fabricated by crystal growth

Optics 2013-04-15 v1

Abstract

We investigated the whispering gallery modes of cavities with a hexagonal cross-section. We found two different modes, namely perturbed and quasi-WGMs, of which the former exhibits the higher Q when the corner radius is large. We studied the dependence of Q on the curvature radius of the polygonal cavities and found that the coupling between the two modes determines the Q of the cavity. In addition we fabricated a cavity by employing laser heated pedestal growth and demonstrated a high Q.

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@article{arxiv.1304.3496,
  title  = {Whispering gallery modes in hexagonal microcavities fabricated by crystal growth},
  author = {Hiroshi Kudo and Ryo Suzuki and Takasumi Tanabe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.3496},
  year   = {2013}
}

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