Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
2009-05-14
Phys. Rev. A 80 (2009) 063813
Physics
Optics
11 pages, 14 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.80.063813
Circular microresonators are micron sized dielectric disks embedded in material of lower refractive index. They possess modes of extremely high Q-factors (low lasing thresholds) which makes them ideal candidates for the realization of miniature laser sources. They have, however, the disadvantage of isotropic light emission caused by the rotational symmetry of the system. In order to obtain high directivity of the emission while retaining high Q-factors, we consider a microdisk with a pointlike scatterer placed off-center inside of the disk. We calculate the resulting resonant modes and show that some of them possess both of the desired characteristics. The emission is predominantly in the direction opposite to the scatterer. We show that classical ray optics is a useful guide to optimizing the design parameters of this system. We further find that exceptional points in the resonance spectrum influence how complex resonance wavenumbers change if system parameters are varied.
Dettmann Carl P.
Morozov G. V.
Sieber Martin
Waalkens Holger
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