Photonic crystal nanocavities fabricated from chalcogenide glass fully embedded in an indexmatched cladding with a high Q-factor (>750,000)

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 15503-15515

  Gai, Xin ^a   Luther Davies, Barry ^a   White, Thomas P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; GLASS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

2-D PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; CAVITY DESIGN; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; CRYSTAL NANOCAVITIES; HIGH Q FACTOR; HIGH-Q RESONANCES; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; LOW INDEX CONTRAST; OPTICAL CAVITIES;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863759945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.015503     Document Type: Article

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