Title :
Purcell factor reduced scattering losses in optical microcavities
Author :
Kippenberg, T.J. ; Tchebotareva, A. ; Kalkman, J. ; Polman, A. ; Vahala, K.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Scattering induced by silicon nano-particles in a microcavity is investigated for the case of silicon nanocrystal doped microtoroids. A significant enhancement of preferential-scattering into the originally doubly-degenerate cavity eigenmodes is found, exceeding >99.42%.
Keywords :
eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; elemental semiconductors; light scattering; micro-optics; microcavities; optical losses; optical resonators; silicon; Purcell factor; Si; doubly-degenerate cavity eigenmodes; microtoroids; optical microcavities; scattering losses; silicon nanoparticles; Light scattering; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical losses; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Particle scattering; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8973-5
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567523
