High Q modes in elliptical microcavity pillars

DM Whittaker; PSS Guimaraes; D Sanvitto; H Vinck; S Lam; A Daraei; JA Timpson; AM Fox; MS Skolnick; Y-LD Ho; JG Rarity; M Hopkinson; A Tahraoui

doi:10.1063/1.2722683

High Q modes in elliptical microcavity pillars

DM Whittaker
, PSS Guimaraes
, D Sanvitto
, H Vinck
, S Lam
, A Daraei
, JA Timpson
, AM Fox
, MS Skolnick
, Y-LD Ho
, JG Rarity
, M Hopkinson
, A Tahraoui

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The degenerate fundamental mode of a microcavity pillar structure with circular cross section splits into two linearly polarized modes when the shape is changed to elliptical. The quality factor Q of these modes is very different. This letter demonstrates that the high Q mode provides better values of the figure of merit for strong coupling applications, , where V is the modal volume, compared to values obtainable in circular structures. The difference in Q is shown to be a consequence of the polarization dependence of the losses through the microcavity mirrors.

Translated title of the contribution	High Q modes in elliptical microcavity pillars
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	161105-1 - 161105-3
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	90 (16)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2722683
Publication status	Published - Apr 2007

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