Improvement of thermal properties of ultra-high Q silicon microdisk resonators

Silicon-on-insulator ultra-high Q resonators with improved thermal properties are reported. A thin Si pedestal layer between microdisk and oxide increases the thermal conductivity dramatically, while Q is preserved, enabling higher field intensities in nonlinear-optical applications.

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