TY - JOUR
T1 - High-Q cavities in multilayer photonic crystal slabs
AU - Tomljenovic-Hanic, Snjezana
AU - De Martyn Sterke, C.
AU - Steel, M. J.
AU - Eggleton, Benjamin J.
AU - Tanaka, Yoshinori
AU - Noda, Susumu
PY - 2007/12/12
Y1 - 2007/12/12
N2 - We propose a novel concept for creating high-g cavities in photonic crystal slabs (PCS). These cavities are formed by depositing a polymer layer on top of a photonic crystal membrane fabricated in a high index semiconductor slab. We show that such multilayer structures exhibit a mode-gap and can yield high-Q microcavities with quality factors of Q-106. This allows the cavity to be created by polymer processing, following the much more demanding semiconductor processing that is used to generate a uniform PCS. Depending on the polymer used, these structures can be additionally tuned using photosensitivity or the electro-optic effect.
AB - We propose a novel concept for creating high-g cavities in photonic crystal slabs (PCS). These cavities are formed by depositing a polymer layer on top of a photonic crystal membrane fabricated in a high index semiconductor slab. We show that such multilayer structures exhibit a mode-gap and can yield high-Q microcavities with quality factors of Q-106. This allows the cavity to be created by polymer processing, following the much more demanding semiconductor processing that is used to generate a uniform PCS. Depending on the polymer used, these structures can be additionally tuned using photosensitivity or the electro-optic effect.
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U2 - 10.1364/OE.15.017248
DO - 10.1364/OE.15.017248
M3 - Article
C2 - 19551018
AN - SCOPUS:37149024083
SN - 1094-4087
VL - 15
SP - 17248
EP - 17253
JO - Optics Express
JF - Optics Express
IS - 25
ER -