Design of photonic crystal nanocavity with Q-factor of ∼ 109

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1532-1539

  Tanaka, Yoshinori ^a   Asano, Takashi ^a   Noda, Susumu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analytic continuation; Design; Gaussian; Modal volume; Nanocavity; Photonic crystal; Q factor; Resonator

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONICS; POWDERS; QUANTUM OPTICS; TRELLIS CODES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CAVITY DESIGNS; CAVITY MODE (CM); CRYSTAL NANOCAVITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); GAUSSIAN; GAUSSIAN ENVELOPE; IN ORDER; NANO CAVITIES; NEW METHODS; OPTICAL QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHOTONIC; Q FACTORS; QUALITY FACTOR (Q FACTOR); TWO DIMENSIONAL (2D) PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WAVEGUIDE MODES;

Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 45749134940     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.923648     Document Type: Article

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