Tuning of an active photonic crystal cavity by an hybrid silica/silicon near-field probe

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 21672-21679

  Gac, G Le ^a   Rahmani, A ^c   Seassal, C ^a   Picard, E ^b   Hadji, E ^b   Callard, S ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBES; SILICA;

ACTIVE PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; BARE SILICA; HYBRID SILICA; NEAR FIELD PROBES; NEAR FIELDS; RESONANT MODE; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

QUANTUM DOT; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM DOTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 72449123660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021672     Document Type: Article

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