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Tuning micropillar cavity birefringence by laser induced surface defects

Source: Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 251104 (2010); doi:10.1063/1.3276550

Published 22 December 2009

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Keywords
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  • 42.55.Sa
    Microcavity and microdisk lasers
  • 42.50.Pq
    Cavity quantum electrodynamics; micromasers
  • 61.80.Ba
    Ultraviolet, visible, and infrared radiation effects
  • YEAR: 2010
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Cristian Bonato,1 Dapeng Ding,1 Jan Gudat,1 Susanna Thon,2 Hyochul Kim,2 Pierre M. Petroff,2 Martin P. van Exter,1 and Dirk Bouwmeester1,2
1Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
2University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
We demonstrate a technique to tune the optical properties of micropillar cavities by creating small defects on the sample surface near the cavity region with an intense focused laser beam. Such defects modify strain in the structure, changing the birefringence in a controllable way. We apply the technique to make the fundamental cavity mode polarization-degenerate and to fine tune the overall mode frequencies, as needed for applications in quantum information science. ©2009 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 9 October 2009; accepted 27 November 2009; published 22 December 2009
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