Title :
Submicron diameter micropillar cavities with high quality factor and ultra-small mode volume
Author :
Yinan Zhang;Marko Loncar
Author_Institution :
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, USA
Abstract :
We theoretically demonstrated high quality factor (Q∼250,000) micropillar cavities with record low mode volume for a 340nm diameter titania/silica micropillar. It represents a three orders of magnitude Q/V enhancement compared to any previous micropillar cavities.
Keywords :
"Q factor","Photonic band gap","Nanocrystals","Distributed Bragg reflectors","Optical resonators","Optical scattering","Microcavities","Light scattering","Particle scattering","Refractive index"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Electronic_ISBN :
2160-9004
