Tuning the microcavity resonant wavelength in a two-dimensional photonic crystal by modifying the cavity geometry
- 24 November 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 83 (22) , 4491-4493
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1630842
Abstract
High-quality-factor microcavities in two-dimensional photonic crystals at optical frequencies have a number of technological applications, such as cavity quantum electrodynamics, optical switching, filtering, and wavelength multiplexing. For such applications, it is useful to have a simple approach to tune the microcavity resonant wavelength. In this letter, we propose a microcavity design by which we can tune the resonant wavelength by changing the cavity geometry while still obtaining a high quality factor.Keywords
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