Planar photonic crystal cavities with far-field optimization for high coupling efficiency and quality factor

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 16064-16073

  Portalupi, S L ^a,b   Galli, M ^a,b   Reardon, C ^b   Krauss, T F ^b   O'Faolain, L ^b   Andreani, L C ^a   Gerace, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FIELD EMISSION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

CAVITY MODE; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; FAR-FIELD; FAR-FIELD OPTIMIZATION; HIGH Q FACTOR; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OUT-COUPLING EFFICIENCY; PLANAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; PROSPECTIVE APPLICATIONS; QUALITY FACTORS; RESONANT SCATTERING; SILICON MEMBRANES; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77954942487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016064     Document Type: Article

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