• DocumentCode
    732577
  • Title

    GaN L3 photonic crystal cavities with an average quality factor in excess of 16000 in the near infrared

  • Author

    Trivino, Noelia Vico ; Minkov, Momchil ; Urbinati, Giulia ; Galli, Matteo ; Carlin, Jean-Francois ; Butte, Raphael ; Savona, Vincenzo ; Grandjean, Nicolas

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Condensed Matter Phys., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    GaN L3 photonic crystal cavities were fabricated based on a genetic algorithm optimization. Optical characterization of several replicas led to an average unloaded quality factor of 16900, which is well accounted for by first-principles simulations.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; Q-factor; ab initio calculations; gallium compounds; genetic algorithms; optical fabrication; photonic crystals; wide band gap semiconductors; GaN; GaN L3 photonic crystal cavity; first-principles simulations; genetic algorithm optimization; near infrared; optical characterization; quality factor; Cavity resonators; Gallium nitride; Genetic algorithms; Optimization; Photonic crystals; Q-factor; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183010