Title :
Semiconductor photonic crystal nanostructure
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Photonic crystals are expected to realize various novel performance and functions in photonic devices, such as ultralow threshold lasing in nanolasers, high efficiency light extraction from LEDs, flexible optical wirings by ultrasmall waveguide elements, unique light localization and radiation in defects, high resolution filtering and wide angle deflection of light by the superprism phenomenon, and strong nonlinear response by an ultrasmall group velocity of light at a photonic band-edge. All these have been theoretically investigated and partly demonstrated in the experiment. Most popular structures in the experiment are the photonic crystal slab as a 2-D crystal and the woodpile structure as a 3-D crystal, both of which are fabricated by simple MEMS technologies.
Keywords :
integrated optics; light emitting diodes; micro-optics; micromechanical devices; nanostructured materials; nanotechnology; optical fabrication; optical filters; optical waveguide components; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; semiconductor lasers; 2-D crystal; 3-D crystal; LED; MEMS technologies; flexible optical wirings; high resolution filtering; light extraction; light localization; nanolasers; photonic band-edge; photonic crystal slab; photonic crystals; photonic devices; semiconductor nanostructure; superprism phenomenon; ultralow threshold lasing; ultrasmall waveguide elements; woodpile structure; Light emitting diodes; Nanoscale devices; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Wiring;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS, 2003 IEEE/LEOS International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7830-X
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2003.1233487
