Ultrahigh-Q nanocavities in two-dimensional photonic crystal slabs

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1123-1134

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

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Sumitomo Electric Works   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heterostructure; Photonic crystal slab; Radiation loss; Ultrasmall optical cavity

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLABS; RADIATION LOSSES; ULTRASMALL OPTICAL CAVITY; WAVELENGTH;

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; HEAT LOSSES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33845614391     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.881639     Document Type: Article

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