Programmable photonic crystal nanobeam cavities

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 8705-8712

  Frank, Ian W ^a   Deotare, Parag B ^a   McCutcheon, Murray W ^a   Lonèar, Marko ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RESONANCE; TUNING;

1550 NM; CAVITY RESONANCES; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATION; OPTICAL RESONANCE; RE-CONFIGURABLE; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 77950898218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.008705     Document Type: Article

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