Fine-tuned high-Q photonic-crystal nanocavity

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1202-1214

  Akahane, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Asano, Takashi ^a   Song, Bong Shik ^a   Noda, Susumu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FUNCTIONS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; POINT DEFECTS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONATORS; SENSORS;

CAVITY DESIGN; HIGH-RESOLUTION SENSORS; PHOTONIC CHIPS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS (PC); QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSINGS;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 14744297810     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001202     Document Type: Article

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