Title :
Novel nanowire cavity using cut-off mode reflector
Author :
Tran, Thai ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
Free-standing nanowire-cavities, having a low index contrast with their substrate, typically have low Q-factors because of the lack of reflective bottom mirrors. A novel method facilitating a high-reflection bottom mirror using cut-off mode is presented.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot; Laser modes; Mirrors; Nanophotonics; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Q factor; Reflectivity; Resonance light scattering; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
