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Analysis of the strong coupling regime of a quantum well in a photonic crystal microcavity and its polarization dependence studied by the finite-difference time-domain method

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• JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 5, pp.1222-1231 (2013)
• Llorens, Jose M; Prieto, Ivan; Munioz-Camuniez, Luis E; Postigo, Pablo Aitor
• We provide a methodology for the study of a photonic crystal microcavity and a quantum well (QW) in the strong coupling regime by finite difference in the time domain. Numerical...

Omnidirectional high absorption based on an asymmetric photonic crystal composed of negative-index material and positive-index material

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• JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 5, pp.1161-1166 (2013)
• Wu, Nannan; Tian, Huiping; Zhang, Yanhong; Ji, Yuefeng
• The absorption enhancement of photonic crystals composed of negative-index material and positive-index material is investigated in this article. It is found that whole absorption of an...

Dual-pump parametric amplification in dispersion engineered photonic crystal waveguides

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• Optics Express, Vol. 21 Issue 9, pp.10440-10453 (2013)
• Willinger, A; Roy, S; Santagiustina, M; Combrié, S; De Rossi, A; Cestier, I; Eisenstein, G
• This paper describes a numerical simulation of narrow band parametric amplification in dispersion engineered photonic crystal waveguides. The waveguides we analyze exhibit group...

Nanocavities at the surface of three-dimensional photonic crystals

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• Optics Express, Vol. 21 Issue 9, pp.10590-10596 (2013)
• Ishizaki, Kenji; Gondaira, Kou; Ota, Yuji; Suzuki, Katsuyoshi; Noda, Susumu
• We investigate nanocavities at the surface of three-dimensional (3D) photonic crystals, where the polarization-independent surface-mode gap can be utilized. We consider the formation...

Numerical analysis on the feasibility of a multi-layered dielectric sphere as a three-dimensional photonic crystal

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• Optics Express, Vol. 21 Issue 9, pp.10651-10658 (2013)
• Imakita, Kenji; Shibata, Hiroki; Fujii, Minoru; Hayashi, Shinji
• The radiative decay rate of a dipole emitter inside the core of a multi-layered dielectric sphere is theoretically investigated. It is shown that, when the thickness of each layer...

High-temperature stability and selective thermal emission of polycrystalline tantalum photonic crystals

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• Optics Express, Vol. 21 Issue 9, pp.11482-11491 (2013)
• Rinnerbauer, Veronika; Yeng, Yi Xiang; Chan, Walker R; Senkevich, Jay J; Joannopoulos, John D; Soljacic, Marin; Celanovic, Ivan
• We present the results of extensive characterization of selective emitters at high temperatures, including thermal emission measurements and thermal stability testing at 1000°C...

All-optical bistability and switching near the Dirac point of a 2-D photonic crystal.

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• Optics Express, Vol. 21 Issue 10, pp.11862-11868 (2013)
• Mattiucci, Nadia; Bloemer, Mark J; D’Aguanno, Giuseppe
• We investigate all-optical switching at the guided mode resonances originating near the Dirac point of a finite, 2-D photonic crystal consisting of a square lattice of dielectric...

Ultralow-energy and high-contrast all-optical switch involving Fano resonance based on coupled photonic crystal nanocavities

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• Optics Express, Vol. 21 Issue 10, pp.11877-11888 (2013)
• Nozaki, Kengo; Shinya, Akihiko; Matsuo, Shinji; Sato, Tomonari; Kuramochi, Eiichi; Notomi, Masaya
• We experimentally and theoretically clarified that a Fano resonant system based on a coupled optical cavity has better performance when used as an all-optical switch than a single...

Efficient numerical method for analyzing optical bistability in photonic crystal microcavities

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• Optics Express, Vol. 21 Issue 10, pp.11952-11964 (2013)
• Yuan, Lijun; Lu, Ya Yan
• Nonlinear optical effects can be enhanced by photonic crystal microcavities and be used to develop practical ultra-compact optical devices with low power requirements. The...