Fabrication of Crystalline Microresonators of High Quality Factors with a Controllable Wedge Angle on Lithium Niobate on Insulator
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Details
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Diameter | Q-Factors (Sample i) | Q-Factors (Sample ii) | Q-Factors (Sample iii) |
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55 μm | 2.15 × 107 | 2.26 × 107 | 2.74 × 107 |
85 μm | 2.17 × 107 | 2.51 × 107 | 3.73 × 107 |
105 μm | 3.22 × 107 | 4.16 × 107 | 4.70 × 107 |
130 μm | 2.94 × 107 | 3.32 × 107 | 3.30 × 107 |
155 μm | 1.95 × 107 | 2.76 × 107 | 3.16 × 107 |
180 μm | 2.03 × 107 | 2.07 × 107 | 3.12 × 107 |
205 μm | 1.78 × 107 | 1.92 × 107 | 2.67 × 107 |
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Zhang, J.; Fang, Z.; Lin, J.; Zhou, J.; Wang, M.; Wu, R.; Gao, R.; Cheng, Y. Fabrication of Crystalline Microresonators of High Quality Factors with a Controllable Wedge Angle on Lithium Niobate on Insulator. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1218. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091218
Zhang J, Fang Z, Lin J, Zhou J, Wang M, Wu R, Gao R, Cheng Y. Fabrication of Crystalline Microresonators of High Quality Factors with a Controllable Wedge Angle on Lithium Niobate on Insulator. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(9):1218. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091218
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Jianhao, Zhiwei Fang, Jintian Lin, Junxia Zhou, Min Wang, Rongbo Wu, Renhong Gao, and Ya Cheng. 2019. "Fabrication of Crystalline Microresonators of High Quality Factors with a Controllable Wedge Angle on Lithium Niobate on Insulator" Nanomaterials 9, no. 9: 1218. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091218