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  • Editor: Michael Duncan
  • Vol. 14, Iss. 25 — Dec. 11, 2006
  • pp: 12451–12456

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Design of high-Q cavities in photonic crystal slab heterostructures by air-holes infiltration

Snjezana Tomljenovic-Hanic, C. Martijn de Sterke, and M. J. Steel  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 25, pp. 12451-12456 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.012451


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Abstract

We design novel photonic crystal slab heterostructures, substituting the air in the holes with materials of refractive index higher than n=1. This can be achieved by infiltrating the photonic crystal slab (PCS) with liquid crystal, polymer or nano-porous silica. We find that the heterostructures designed in this way can have quality factors up to Q=10 6. This high-Q result is comparable with the result of previously reported designs in which the lattice is elongated in one direction. Unlike conventional heterostructures, our design does not require nanometre-scale changes in the geometry. Additionally, infiltrated PCS can be constructed at any time after PCS fabrication.

© 2006 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(230.3990) Optical devices : Micro-optical devices
(230.5750) Optical devices : Resonators

ToC Category:
Photonic Crystals

History
Original Manuscript: October 25, 2006
Revised Manuscript: November 24, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: November 24, 2006
Published: December 11, 2006

Citation
Snjezana Tomljenovic-Hanic, C. Martijn de Sterke, and M. J. Steel, "Design of high-Q cavities in photonic crystal slab heterostructures by air-holes infiltration," Opt. Express 14, 12451-12456 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-25-12451


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