Demonstration of Hybrid High- Q Hexagonal Boron Nitride Microresonators

Anustup Das, Dong Jun Lee, Prasoon K. Shandilya, Sejeong Kim, Gumin Kang, David P. Lake, Bishnupada Behera, Denis Sukachev, Igor Aharonovich, Jung Hyun Lee, Jaehyun Park, Paul E. Barclay

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    Abstract

    Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a wide bandgap van der Waals material that is emerging as a powerful platform for quantum optics and nanophotonics. In this work, we demonstrate whispering gallery mode silica microresonators hybridized with thin layers of hBN that exhibit high intrinsic optical quality factor >7 × 105 and a linear absorption coefficient of 9.5 cm-1. Measurements of the effect of hBN thickness on optical Q and comparison with a theoretical model allows the linear optical absorption coefficient of the hBN films to be estimated. These high-Q devices will be useful for applications in quantum and nonlinear optics, and their hybridized geometry provides a sensitive platform for evaluating losses in hBN and other 2D materials.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3027-3033
    Number of pages7
    JournalACS Photonics
    Volume8
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021 Oct 20

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    Keywords

    • 2D material
    • chemical vapor deposition
    • hybrid devices
    • nanophotonics
    • optical absorption
    • resonators
    • whispering gallery mode

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Biotechnology
    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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