title: Intrinsic quality factor determination in whispering gallery mode microcavities using a single Stokes parameters measurement.
abstract: Determination of the intrinsic quality factor of a loaded whispering gallery mode microcavity can be important for many applications where the coupling conditions cannot be tuned. We propose a single-scan technique based on a Stokes parameters analysis to extract the intrinsic quality factor and therefore determine the coupling regime. We propose a simple model for this analysis and present experimental measurements, which are in very good agreement with the model.
authors: Microphotonics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Physics, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-Ville, Montreal (QC), H3C 3A7, Canada. francis-2.vanier@polymtl.ca
authors: Francis
authors: F
authors: Vanier
authors: Cecilia
authors: C
authors: La Mela
authors: Ahmad
authors: A
authors: Hayat
authors: Yves-Alain
authors: YA
authors: Peter