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Ultimate Q of optical microsphere resonators.
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It is demonstrated that quality factor Q - (0.8 +/- 0.1) x 10(10) of whispering-gallery modes in fused-silica microspheres at 633 nm, close to the ultimate level determined by fundamental material attenuation as measured in optical fibers, is demonstrated.Abstract:
We demonstrate the quality factor Q - (0.8 +/- 0.1) x 10(10) of whispering-gallery modes in fused-silica microspheres at 633 nm, close to the ultimate level determined by fundamental material attenuation as measured in optical fibers. The lifetime of ultimate Q is limited by adsorption of atmospheric water. Monitoring of adsorption kinetics with submonolayer sensitivity by Q factors and frequencies of whispering-gallery modes is demonstrated. The possibility of supermaterial Q's owing to intrinsic suppression of scattering losses in micropheres is discussed.read more
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Quality-factor and nonlinear properties of optical Whispering-Gallery modes
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Very high-Q whispering-gallery mode resonances observed on fused silica microspheres
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Splitting of high-Q Mie modes induced by light backscattering in silica microspheres
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TL;DR: It is observed that very high-Q Mie resonances in silica microspheres are split into doublets, attributed to internal backscattering that couples the two degenerate whispering-gallery modes propagating in opposite directions along the sphere equator.
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