title: Critically coupled resonators in vertical geometry using a planar mirror and a 5 nm thick absorbing film.
abstract: A (5.1+/-0.5) nm thick film of high oscillator strength J-aggregated dye critically couples to a single dielectric mirror, absorbing more than 97% of incident lambda = 591 nm wavelength light, corresponding to an effective absorption coefficient of (6.9+/-0.7) x 10(6) cm(-1) for (film thickness)/lambda < 1%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. jrt@mit.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Tischler
authors.forename: M Scott
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bulović