Ultrasmall modal volume and high Q factor optimization of a photonic crystal slab cavity

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Donglin ^a   Yu, Zhongyuan ^a   Liu, Yumin ^a   Guo, Xiaotao ^a   Shu, Changgan ^a   Zhou, Shuai ^a   Zhang, Jinqiannan ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

CAVITY STRUCTURE; HIGH Q FACTOR; MODAL VOLUME; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL CAVITIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLAB; PROJECTION METHOD; Q-FACTORS; ULTRA-SMALL;

Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84888588283     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/15/12/125102     Document Type: Article

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