• DocumentCode
    689595
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833982