Characterization of high-Q optical microcavities using confocal microscopy
Optics Letters, Vol. 33, Issue 24, pp. 2931-2933 doi:10.1364/OL.33.002931
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- (100.2960) Image processing : Image analysis
- (120.4630) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical inspection
- (120.6660) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Surface measurements, roughness
- (180.1790) Microscopy : Confocal microscopy
- (230.5750) Optical devices : Resonators
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Rajan P. Kulkarni, Scott E. Fraser, and Andrea M. Armani, "Characterization of high-Q optical microcavities using confocal microscopy," Opt. Lett. 33, 2931-2933 (2008)
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Confocal microscopy was initially developed to image complex circuits and material defects. Previous imaging studies yielded only qualitative data about the location and number of defects. In the present study, this noninvasive method is used to obtain quantitative information about the Q factor of an optical resonant cavity. Because the intensity of the fluorescent signal measures the number of defects in the resonant cavity, this signal is a measure of the number of surface scattering defects, one of the dominant loss mechanisms in optical microcavities. The Q of the cavities was also determined using conventional linewidth measurements. Based upon a quantitative comparative analysis of these two techniques, it is shown that the Q can be determined without a linewidth measurement, allowing for a noninvasive characterization technique.
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History
Original Manuscript: June 2, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: October 25, 2008
Revised Manuscript: October 24, 2008
Published: December 4, 2008
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M/C 139-74 California Institute of Technology
University of Southern California
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