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On-chip High-finesse Fabry-Perot Microcavities for Optical Sensing and Quantum Information

Version 1 : Received: 15 June 2017 / Approved: 16 June 2017 / Online: 16 June 2017 (10:38:57 CEST)

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Bitarafan, M.H.; DeCorby, R.G. On-Chip High-Finesse Fabry-Perot Microcavities for Optical Sensing and Quantum Information. Sensors 2017, 17, 1748. Bitarafan, M.H.; DeCorby, R.G. On-Chip High-Finesse Fabry-Perot Microcavities for Optical Sensing and Quantum Information. Sensors 2017, 17, 1748.

Abstract

For applications in sensing and cavity-based quantum computing and metrology, open-access Fabry-Perot cavities – with an air or vacuum gap between a pair of high reflectance mirrors – offer important advantages compared to other types of microcavities. For example, they are inherently tunable using MEMS-based actuation strategies, and they enable atomic emitters or target analytes to be located at high field regions of the optical mode. Integration of curved-mirror Fabry-Perot cavities on chips containing electronic, optoelectronic, and optomechanical elements is a topic of emerging importance. Micro-fabrication techniques can be used to create mirrors with small radius-of-curvature, which is a prerequisite for cavities to support stable, small-volume modes. We review recent progress towards chip-based implementation of such cavities, and highlight their potential to address applications in sensing and cavity quantum electrodynamics.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot microcavities; sensing; cavity QED; microcavity lasers

Subject

Physical Sciences, Optics and Photonics

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