Photonics Research, Volume. 3, Issue 5, 279(2015)

High-Q silica microdisk optical resonators with large wedge angles on a silicon chip

Guanyu Li1, Pei Liu1, Xiaoshun Jiang1,2、*, Chao Yang1, Jiyang Ma1, Hongya Wu1, and Min Xiao1,2
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  • 1National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences,Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 2Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA
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    We experimentally demonstrate high optical quality factor silica microdisk resonators on a silicon chip with large wedge angles by reactive ion etching. For 2-μm-thick microresonators, we have achieved wedge angles of 59°, 63°, 70°, and 79° with optical quality factors of 2.4 × 107, 8.1 × 106, 5.9 × 106, and 7.4 × 106, respectively, from ~80 μmdiameter microresonators in the 1550 nm wavelength band. Also, for 1-μm-thick microresonators, we have obtained an optical quality factor of 7.3 × 106 with a wedge angle of 74°.

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    Guanyu Li, Pei Liu, Xiaoshun Jiang, Chao Yang, Jiyang Ma, Hongya Wu, Min Xiao. High-Q silica microdisk optical resonators with large wedge angles on a silicon chip[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(5): 279

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    Category: Optical Resonators

    Received: --

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 6, 2016

    The Author Email: Xiaoshun Jiang (jxs@nju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/prj.3.000279

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