Micro-cavities in silicon-on-insulator photonic crystal slabs: Determining resonant frequencies and quality factors accurately

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 381-385

  Qiu, Min ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Micro cavity; Photonic crystal slabs; Silicon on insulator

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CAVITY STRUCTURES; INTENSITY SPECTRUM; MICRO-CAVITY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLABS;

SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 19944404800     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.20830     Document Type: Article

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