High quality-factor whispering-gallery mode in the photonic crystal hexagonal disk cavity

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1708-1719

  Ryu, Han Youl ^a   Notomi, Masaya ^a   Kim, Guk Hyun ^b   Lee, Yong Hee ^b  

^a Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LATTICE CONSTANTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MICROSTRUTURE DEVICES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL HEXAGONAL DISK CAVITY; QUALITY FACTOR (Q); WHISPERING-GALLERY MODE (WGM);

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 2942708122     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.001708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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