General recipe for designing photonic crystal cavities
Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 16, pp. 5961-5975 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.13.005961
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Abstract
We describe a general recipe for designing high-quality factor (Q) photonic crystal cavities with small mode volumes. We first derive a simple expression for out-of-plane losses in terms of the k-space distribution of the cavity mode. Using this, we select a field that will result in a high Q. We then derive an analytical relation between the cavity field and the dielectric constant along a high symmetry direction, and use it to confine our desired mode. By employing this inverse problem approach, we are able to design photonic crystal cavities with Q > 4 ∙ 106 and mode volumes V ~ (λ/n)3. Our approach completely eliminates parameter space searches in photonic crystal cavity design, and allows rapid optimization of a large range of photonic crystal cavities. Finally, we study the limit of the out-of-plane cavity Q and mode volume ratio.
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OCIS Codes
(130.2790) Integrated optics : Guided waves
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(140.3410) Lasers and laser optics : Laser resonators
(140.5960) Lasers and laser optics : Semiconductor lasers
(230.5750) Optical devices : Resonators
(230.6080) Optical devices : Sources
(250.5300) Optoelectronics : Photonic integrated circuits
(260.5740) Physical optics : Resonance
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History
Original Manuscript: June 20, 2005
Revised Manuscript: July 20, 2005
Published: August 8, 2005
Citation
Dirk Englund, Ilya Fushman, and Jelena Vu?kovi?, "General recipe for designing photonic crystal cavities," Opt. Express 13, 5961-5975 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-16-5961
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