Characterization of 2D-photonic crystal nanocavities by polarization-dependent photoluminescence

Author

Tang, Y. ; Mintairov, A.M. ; Merz, J.L. ; Tokranov, V. ; Oktyabrsky, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

11-15 July 2005

Firstpage

35

Abstract

In this work, hexagonal defect nanocavities ("H1" and "H2") in two-dimensional photonic crystal slabs were fabricated in a half wavelength-thick semiconductor waveguide embedded with quantum dots. We characterized the cavity modes with polarization sensitive microphotoluminescence. The polarization property of the spontaneous emission was shown to be an effective approach for detecting the symmetry of the modes, from which the mode structure for an H2-cavity was experimentally verified for the first time.

Keywords

light polarisation; nanotechnology; optical waveguides; photoluminescence; photonic crystals; semiconductor quantum dots; semiconductor thin films; 2D photonic crystal slabs; 2D-photonic crystal nanocavity characterization; H2-cavity; cavity modes; half wavelength-thick semiconductor waveguides; hexagonal defect nanocavities; nanofabrication; polarization property; polarization sensitive microphotoluminescence; polarization-dependent photoluminescence; semiconductor quantum dots; spontaneous emission; Electromagnetic waveguides; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Lattices; Photoluminescence; Photonic crystals; Polarization; Quantum dots; Semiconductor waveguides; Slabs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology, 2005. 5th IEEE Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9199-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NANO.2005.1500685

Filename

1500685