Demonstration of Hybrid High- Q Hexagonal Boron Nitride Microresonators

Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
ACS Photonics, 2021, 8, (10), pp. 3027-3033
Issue Date:
2021-10-20
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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.
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