Numerical and experimental study of the Q factor of high-Q micropillar cavities

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1470-1483

  Gregersen, Niels ^a   Reitzenstein, Stephan ^b   Kistner, Caroline ^b   Strauss, Micha ^b   Schneider, Christian ^b   Höfling, Sven ^b   Worschech, Lukas ^b   Forchel, Alfred ^b   Nielsen, Torben Roland ^a   Mørk, Jesper ^a   Gérard, Jean Michel ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c DEA/DRFMC/SP2M   (France)

Author keywords

Bloch modes; Micropillar; Optical microcavities; Quality factor

Indexed keywords

BLOCH MODES; CAVITY MODE; CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; DBR; DBR LAYERS; EFFECTIVE INDEX; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FABRY-PEROT MODELS; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH QUALITY; HIGHER ORDER; MICRO PILLARS; MICROPILLAR CAVITIES; MULTIMODES; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; Q-FACTORS; QUALITY FACTORS; QUASI-PERIODIC VARIATIONS; SCATTERING CHANNELS; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE;

ELECTRODYNAMICS; MICROCAVITIES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; REFLECTION;

Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 77956519395     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2052095     Document Type: Article

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