Abstract
Experimental demonstration of record optical quality factor of corresponding to cavity ring-down time of is made possible by avoiding nonlinear effects in a crystalline whispering gallery mode resonator. We discuss various loss mechanisms in cavities and ways of achieving higher quality factors. Possible applications in quantum optics and photonics are discussed.
2 More- Received 2 June 2006
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.74.063806
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