High-quality-factor WG modes in semiconductor microcavity pillars with circular and elliptical cross section

V. N. Astratov, S. Yang, S. Lam, B. D. Jones, D. Sanvitto, D. M. Whittaker, A. M. Fox, M. S. Skolnick, A. Tahraoui, P. W. Fry, M. Hopkinson

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Abstract

We observed whispering gallery resonances (WGMs) in semiconductor micropillars by employing geometry in which both excitation and collection of emission is in a direction normal to the sidewall surface of the pillars. The spectral positions of the peaks are found to be in a good agreement with the results of numerical modeling performed by finite difference time domain technique. The quality factors of WGMs (Q ∼ 20000 for the 4 - 5 μm circular pillars) are found to be well in excess of Q-factors for the low Q-vector "photonic dot" states measured from the same pillars. Due to high Q-factors and small modal volumes ∼ 0.3 μm3 such WGM resonances can be used in cavity quantum electrodynamics experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2007 9th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2007
Pages170-172
Number of pages3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event2007 9th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2007 - Rome, Italy
Duration: 1 Jul 20075 Jul 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2007 9th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2007
Volume4

Conference

Conference2007 9th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2007
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period1/07/075/07/07

Keywords

  • Cavity quantum electrodynamics
  • Microcavities
  • Single photon sources
  • Whispering gallery modes

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