• DocumentCode
    1771362
  • Title

    Locally and reversibly control the coupling of photonic crystal cavities using photochromic tuning

  • Author

    Tao Cai ; Bose, Ranjan ; Solomon, Glenn S. ; Waks, Edo

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a method to control the coupling interaction in a coupled-cavity photonic crystal molecule by using a local and reversible photochromic tuning technique. This method is promising for development of integrated photonic devices with large number of cavities.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; nanophotonics; optical tuning; photochromism; photonic crystals; coupled-cavity photonic crystal molecule; coupling interaction control; integrated photonic devices; local control; local photochromic tuning; photonic crystal cavities; reversible control; reversible photochromic tuning; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Photonic crystals; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989394