title: High-Q optical whispering gallery modes in elliptical LiNbO(3) resonant cavities.
abstract: We have experimentally demonstrated the existence of optical whispering-gallery-modes (WGMs) with quality factors in excess of 10(8) in elliptical cavities fabricated with LiNbO(3). The efficiency of evanescent coupling to the modes through a diamond prism was as high as 97.3%. This is the best value ever achieved for evanescent coupling to a WGM resonator using a prism. The free spectral ranges of the WGMs are successfully modeled using an eikonal approximation.
authors.affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA. makan.mohageg@jpl.nasa.gov
authors.forename: Makan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohageg
authors.forename: Anatoliy A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Savchenkov
authors.forename: Lute
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maleki