Title :
Ultra-compact plasmonic microresonator with efficient thermo-optic tuning, high quality factor and small mode volume
Author :
Chao Xiang ; Jian Wang ; Chun-Kit Chan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We propose an ultra-compact plasmonic microresonator with high thermo-optic tuning efficiency (~ 4 nm/100 K), high quality factor (~ 350), and small mode volume (~ 0.01 μm3). This microresonator has potential in on-chip components, thermal sensing, and micro/nano-lasing.
Keywords :
Q-factor; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical resonators; plasmonics; thermo-optical devices; microlasing; mode volume; nanolasing; on-chip components; quality factor; thermal sensing; thermo-optic tuning efficiency; ultracompact plasmonic microresonator; Microcavities; Plasmons; Q-factor; Silver; Temperature; Zinc oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
