• DocumentCode
    3648686
  • Title

    Mitigation of optical bistability in Si-based mid-infrared photonic crystal cavities using surface treatments

  • Author

    Raji Shankar;Irfan Bulu;Rick Leijssen;Kogos Leonard;Marko Lončar

  • Author_Institution
    Graduate student, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present evidence of thermally-induced optical bistability in our mid-infrared photonic crystal cavities operating at 4.5 μm. Surface treatments are used to mitigate bistability and improve device Q-factor, with the highest measured Q ~ 45,000 at 4.48 μm.
  • Keywords
    "Cavity resonators","Surface treatment","Silicon","Photonic crystals","Optical bistability","Optical surface waves","Annealing"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • ISSN
    2160-8989
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JTh2A.115
  • Filename
    6326296
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3648686