Gallium phosphide photonic crystal nanocavities in the visible
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 93, 063103
Kelley Rivoire, Andrei Faraon, and Jelena Vuckovic
Outline
Introduction
Results of the article
Conclusion
Introduction
A parallel
A parallel
e^-
photon
periodic potential
Semi-conductors
Photonic crystals
periodic index
\Psi(\ \vec{r}\ )\exp^{-iwt}
Semi-conductors
Photonic crystals
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\left( -\frac{\hbar^2\nabla^2}{2m} + V \right)\Psi = E \Psi
H(\ \vec{r}\ )\exp^{-iwt}
\nabla \times \left( \frac{1}{\varepsilon( \vec{r}\ )} \nabla\times H\right) = \frac{\omega^2}{c^2} H
\Psi ( \vec{r} ) = u_{k} ( \vec{r} ) \exp (i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{r}\ )
H ( \vec{r} ) = u_{k} ( \vec{r} ) \exp (i \vec{k} \cdot \vec{r}\ )
Real photonic crystals
Example
Example
Results
Results
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Made a photonic crystal !
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Made a photonic crystal in the visible spectrum
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Cavity with a quality factor of 1100
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Resonance can be controlled by temperature
Cavity spectrum
Quality factor
Q = \frac{2\pi f_o\,E}{P}
Temperature influence
Conclusion
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Embedding in fibers
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Embedding in fibers to make supercontinums
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