High quality factor silica microspheres functionalized with self-assembled nanomaterials

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• Personal Author:
  Ashry I ; Daengngam C ; Heflin JR ; Jao C-Y ; Kandas I ; Ozdemir SK ; Peng B ; Robinson HD ; Xu Y ; Yang L ; Zhang B
• Description:
  With extremely low material absorption and exceptional surface smoothness, silica-based optical resonators can achieve extremely high cavity quality (Q) factors. However, the intrinsic material limitations of silica (e.g., lack of second order nonlinearity) may limit the potential applications of silica-based high Q resonators. Here we report some results in utilizing layer-by-layer self-assembly to functionalize silica microspheres with nonlinear and plasmonic nanomaterials while maintaining Q factors as high as 107. We compare experimentally measured Q factors with theoretical estimates, and find good agreement. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Lasers Nanotechnology Optics
• ISSN:
  1094-4087
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043394
• Citation:
  Opt Express 2013 Sep; 21(18):20601-20610
• Contact Point Address:
  Ishac Kandas, The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
• Email:
  ishac@vt.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Optics Express
• End Date:
  20150131
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3fab1d19e714c4283ab06044ac06fc0207c6651ddd5522b85c998926e5e9c1fb4e226e1b1fa87e1cf13a0633f087c175e5cfbec00354fc53ee2674b98f2f3e94
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195300/cdc_195300_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.76 MB ]