Painter, Oskar and Srinivasan, Kartik and O’Brien, John D. and Scherer, Axel and Dapkus, P. Daniel (2001) Tailoring of the resonant mode properties of optical nanocavities in two-dimensional photonic crystal slab waveguides. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 3 (6). S161-S170. ISSN 1464-4258. doi:10.1088/1464-4258/3/6/367. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:PAIjoapao01
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Abstract
Optically thin dielectric slabs, in which a fully etched-through two-dimensional patterning is applied, are used to form high-Q optical cavities with modal volumes approaching the theoretical limit of a cubic half-wavelength. Resonant cavities are formed from local defect regions within the photonic lattice. Simple group theoretical techniques are developed to design cavities which support resonant modes with a particular polarization and radiation pattern. Numerical simulations using the finite-difference time-domain method are then used to study the detailed emission and loss properties of these modes. The cavities are probed spectroscopically through photoluminescence measurements, which when compared with numerical results show the presence of both donor and acceptor type modes. These experimental results show the predictive power of the modest symmetry analysis presented here in describing highly localized defect states within photonic crystals.
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Additional Information: | © 2001 IOP Publishing Ltd. Received 9 August 2001, in final form 28 September 2001, Published 26 October 2001. The authors would like to thank In Kim and Denis Tishinin for the growth of the InGaAsP material used to create the PC cavities. O Painter would like to thank Kerry Vahala for many fruitful discussions regarding group theory. K Srinivasan thanks the Hertz Foundation for its financial support. | ||||||||
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Subject Keywords: | Photonic crystal, microcavity, semiconductor laser, InGaAsP | ||||||||
Issue or Number: | 6 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1088/1464-4258/3/6/367 | ||||||||
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Official Citation: | Oskar Painter et al 2001 J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 3 S161 | ||||||||
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Deposited On: | 16 May 2005 | ||||||||
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