Ultrahigh-Q nanocavity with 1D photonic gap

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 11095-11102

  Notomi, M ^a,b   Kuramochi, E ^a,b   Taniyama, H ^a,b  

^a NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC BAND GAP;

LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; NANO-CAVITIES; PHOTONIC GAPS; Q-VALUES; ULTRAHIGH-Q;

ENERGY GAP;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 47949087390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.011095     Document Type: Article

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