Title :
Guided resonance manipulation and degeneracy removal by elliptical nano-holes in photonic crystal slabs
Author :
Gad, Raanan ; Nicholaou, Costa ; Ahmadi, Siavash ; Levi, Ofer
Author_Institution :
Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate a method to manipulate the modes and retain high quality factors of 2D photonic crystal slabs with relatively large nano-features over a wide aspect ratio range through structural symmetry breaking within the unit cell by elliptical nano-holes.
Keywords :
Q-factor; nanophotonics; photonic crystals; 2D photonic crystal slabs; aspect ratio; degeneracy removal; elliptical nanoholes; guided resonance manipulation; nanofeatures; quality factors; structural symmetry breaking; unit cell; Educational institutions; Optical polarization; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Sensors; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
