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  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 16, Iss. 7 — Mar. 31, 2008
  • pp: 4605–4614

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Ultrahigh-Q photonic crystal cavity created by modulating air hole radius of a waveguide

Soon-Hong Kwon, Thomas Sünner, Martin Kamp, and Alfred Forchel  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 7, pp. 4605-4614 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.004605


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Abstract

We propose an ultrahigh quality factor (Q) photonic crystal slab cavity created by the local modulation of the air hole radius in the waveguide. In the cavity, photons are confined between two mirror regions with larger air holes and the lifetime of photons is greatly enhanced by introducing tapered regions with linearly increasing air hole radii. Q and mode volume are investigated for the cavities with various lengths and air hole size offsets of the tapered region with linearly increasing air hole radii by three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method. The behaviors are analyzed by the mode patterns in real space and wavevector space. We obtain a numerical Q up to 8.8×107 for a mode volume of 1.6 (λ/n)3. Concerning the waveguide coupling, the cavity shows 80% coupling efficiency while keeping Q higher than 106.

© 2008 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(230.5750) Optical devices : Resonators
(350.4238) Other areas of optics : Nanophotonics and photonic crystals
(230.5298) Optical devices : Photonic crystals

ToC Category:
Photonic Crystals

History
Original Manuscript: February 6, 2008
Revised Manuscript: February 27, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: February 27, 2008
Published: March 19, 2008

Citation
Soon-Hong Kwon, Thomas Sünner, Martin Kamp, and Alfred Forchel, "Ultrahigh-Q photonic crystal cavity created by modulating air hole radius of a waveguide," Opt. Express 16, 4605-4614 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-7-4605


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