Dynamic modulation of photonic crystal nanocavities using gigahertz acoustic phonons

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 605-609

  Fuhrmann, Daniel A ^a,b   Thon, Susanna M ^c   Kim, Hyochul ^c,d   Bouwmeester, Dirk ^c,e   Petroff, Pierre M ^b   Wixforth, Achim ^a   Krenner, Hubert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80053564522     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.208     Document Type: Article

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