Tuning the resonance of a photonic crystal microcavity with an AFM probe

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2969-2978

  Märki, Iwan ^a   Salt, Martin ^b   Herzig, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b Heptagon Oy   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; RESONANCE; SILICON; SWITCHING; TUNING;

AFM PROBE; PROPAGATION; RESONANT WAVELENGTH;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 33645508324     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.002969     Document Type: Article

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