Slot-mode-coupled optomechanical crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 24394-24410

  Davanço, Marcelo ^a,b   Chan, Jasper ^b   Safavi Naeini, Amir H ^b   Painter, Oskar ^b   Srinivasan, Kartik ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; BREATHING MODES; COUPLING STRENGTHS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; GHZ FREQUENCIES; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; INDEPENDENT DESIGN; MECHANICAL OSCILLATORS; NANOBEAM RESONATOR; OPTICAL CAVITIES; OPTICAL MODES; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; OPTOMECHANICAL; OPTOMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; SMALL GAPS; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED; WIDE-BAND; ZERO-POINT;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; RESONATORS; SEPARATION; SILICON;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84868256759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.024394     Document Type: Article

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