High-Q microcavities in 2D photonic crystal slabs studied by FDTD techniques and padé approximation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5733, Issue , 2005, Pages 366-376

  Qiu, Min ^a   Zhang, Ziyang ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Microcavities; Photonic crystals; Quality factor

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; ETCHING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CAVITY MODES; MICROCAVITIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUALITY FACTOR;

PHOTONS;

EID: 21244470005     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.589579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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