Characterization of 1D photonic crystal nanobeam cavities using curved microfiber

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 20558-20564

  Richards, B C ^a   Hendrickson, J ^a   Olitzky, J D ^a   Gibson, R ^a   Gehl, M ^a   Kieu, K ^a   Khankhoje, U K ^b   Homyk, A ^b   Scherer, A ^b   Kim, J Y ^c   Lee, Y H ^c   Khitrova, G ^a   Gibbs, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

1-D PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; CONTACT POSITION; MICRO-FIBER; MODE VOLUME; RESONANT SCATTERING;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 77957982939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.020558     Document Type: Article

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