Wafer-scale arrays of high-Q silica optical microcavities

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2017
Authors
Ozgur E.
Huseyinoglu E.
Dana, A.
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Applied Optics
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1559-128X
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OSA - The Optical Society
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56
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9
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2489 - 2493
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English
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On-chip high-Q microcavities possess significant potential in terms of integration of optical microresonators into functional optoelectronic devices that could be used in various applications, including biosensors, photonic-integrated circuits, or quantum optics experiments. Yet, despite the convenience of fabricating wafer-scale integrated microresonators with moderate Q values using standard microfabrication techniques, surface-tension-induced microcavities (STIMs), which have atomic-level surface roughness enabling the observation of Q values larger than 106, could only be produced using individual thermal treatment of every single microresonator within the devised area. Here, we demonstrate a facile method for large-scale fabrication of silica STIMs of various morphologies. Q values exceeding 106 are readily obtained using this technique. This study represents a significant advancement toward fabrication of wafer-scale optoelectronic circuitries.

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