Published March 1, 2004 | Version public
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Modal analysis of Bragg onion resonators

Abstract

From analysis of the high Q modes in a Bragg onion resonator with an omnidirectional reflector cladding, we establish a close analogy between such a resonator and a spherical hollow cavity in perfect metal. We demonstrate that onion resonators are ideal for applications that require a large spontaneous-emission factor ß, such as thresholdless lasers and single-photon devices.

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© 2004 Optical Society of America Received September 22, 2003

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