DocumentCode
499813
Title
Photonic crystal cavities for sensing: Dielectric modes versus air modes
Author
Tomljenovic-Hanic, Snjezana ; Rahmani, Adel ; Steel, M.J. ; De Sterke, C. Martijn
Author_Institution
ARC Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh-Bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), NSW, Australia
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Effective sensing with photonic crystal cavities requires optimization of modal quality factor and field overlap. For several unrelated cavities, we find the quality factor dominates, so that dielectric modes are strongly favored over air modes.
Keywords
Q-factor; dielectric materials; photonic crystals; air modes; dielectric modes; effective sensing; modal quality factor; photonic crystal cavities; Biomedical optical imaging; Dielectrics; Optical devices; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Personal communication networks; Photonic crystals; Q factor; (230.3990) Optical devices: Microstructure devices; (230.5750) Optical devices: Resonators;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5225173
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