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Abstract

• The Fabry–Perot resonator is one of the most widely used optical devices, enabling scientific and technological breakthroughs in diverse fields including cavity quantum electrodynamics, optical clocks, precision length metrology, and spectroscopy. Though resonator designs vary widely, all high-end applications benefit from mirrors with the lowest loss and highest finesse possible. Fabrication of the highest-finesse mirrors relies on centuries-old mechanical polishing techniques, which offer losses at the parts-per-million (ppm) level. However, no existing fabrication techniques are able to produce high-finesse resonators with the large range of mirror geometries needed for scalable quantum devices and next-generation compact atomic clocks. In this paper, we introduce a scalable approach to fabricate mirrors with ultrahigh finesse (≥106

Creator

• Rakich, Peter T
• Quinlan, Franklyn
• McLemore, Charles A
• Mason, David
• Kelleher, Megan L
• Diddams, Scott A.
• Luo, Yizhi
• Jin, Naijun
• Hendrie, James P
• Kharel, Prashanta

Date Issued

• 2022

Academic Affiliation

• Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering (ECEE)
• Physics

Journal Title

• Optica

Journal Issue/Number

• 9

Journal Volume

• 9

Last Modified

• 2024-01-30

Resource Type

• Article

Rights Statement

• In Copyright

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.1364/optica.467440

ISSN

• 2334-2536

Language

• English [eng]

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