Title :
Enhanced light emission from silicon photonic crystal nanocavity
Author :
Fujita, Masayuki ; Tanaka, Yoshinori ; Takahashi, Yasushi ; Noda, Susumu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Sci. & Eng., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto
Abstract :
We study the enhanced light emission from a silicon slab with a photonic crystal nanocavity. We find that phonon accumulation in the tiny space is a key for enhanced light emission in addition to the cavity effect for photons.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; light transmission; microcavities; phonons; photonic crystals; silicon; Si; enhanced light emission; phonon accumulation; silicon photonic crystal nanocavity; Lighting control; Optical control; Optical pumping; Phonons; Photonic crystals; Resonance; Silicon; Slabs; Stimulated emission; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1769-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1768-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638199
