Increase of Q-factor in photonic crystal H1defect nanocavities after closing of photonic bandgap with optimal slab thickness

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 448-455

  Tandaechanurat, A ^a   Iwamoto, S ^a,b,c   Nomura, M ^c   Kumagai, N ^c   Arakawa, Y ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPOLE MOMENT; MOMENTUM; PHOTONIC BAND GAP;

CAVITY MODE; DIPOLE MODES; NANOCAVITIES; SLAB THICKNESS;

Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS;

EID: 38049178719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.000448     Document Type: Article

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