• DocumentCode
    1681157
  • Title

    Photonic crystal defect cavity Q-factor optimization using slab thickness

  • Author

    Pugh, J.R. ; Ho, Y.L.D. ; Engin, E. ; Nash, G.R. ; Rarity, J.G. ; Cryan, M.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Three mechanisms are studied which give rise to a high-Q L3 cavity mode in a 2D photonic crystal slab where the in-plane photonic bandgap is closed due to increased slab thickness.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; 2D photonic crystal slab; in-plane photonic bandgap; photonic crystal defect cavity Q-factor optimization; slab thickness; Cavity resonators; Finite difference methods; Photonic band gap; Q factor; Slabs; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326701