Title :
Photocurrent-induced peak-dragging in a nanobeam photonic crystal cavity
Author :
Sodagar, Majid ; Miri, Mehdi ; Eftekhar, Ali Asghar ; Adibi, Ali
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate here the peak-dragging phenomenon in a nanobeam photonic crystal cavity with low optical power thresholds. In our device, Joule-heating mechanism enhances the absorption-induced heat by collecting the generated photocarries in a reverse-biased pn-junction.
Keywords :
p-n junctions; photoconductivity; photonic crystals; Joule-heating mechanism; nanobeam photonic crystal cavity; optical power thresholds; peak-dragging phenomenon; photocarries; photocurrent-induced peak-dragging; reverse-biased pn-junction; Cavity resonators; Heating; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical device fabrication; Optical feedback;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
