Characterization of photonic crystal cavities: investigation on the coupling between microresonators and waveguides

Author

Pottier, P. ; Letartre, X. ; Seassal, C. ; Grillet, C. ; Rojo-Romero, P. ; Viktorovitch, P. ; Le Vassor d´Yerville, M. ; Cassagne, D. ; Jouanin

Author_Institution

Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Ecully, France

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

117

Lastpage

120

Abstract

In this work, we report on properties of two-dimensional photonic crystal (2D PC) based microcavities fabricated on InP suspended membranes. Their characterization is based on the observation of diffracted photoluminescence (PL). Comparison is made with theoretical calculations obtained by a plane wave method. In section I, the samples fabrication and the characterization methods are described. In section II, we investigate the influence of the PC surfacic air filling factor (f) on the spectral properties of PC defect cavities. Section III is about the analysis of single line defect waveguides designed as a closed cavity. First results on the coupling between a cavity and a waveguide are lastly shown in section IV

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; membranes; micro-optics; optical resonators; optical waveguides; photoluminescence; photonic band gap; InP; InP suspended membrane; closed cavity; defect cavity; diffracted photoluminescence; microresonator-waveguide coupling; plane wave method; single line defect waveguide; spectral properties; surfacic air filling factor; two-dimensional photonic crystal; Biomembranes; Diffraction; Indium phosphide; Microcavities; Optical control; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Photoluminescence; Photonic crystals; Slabs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 2001. IPRM. IEEE International Conference On

Conference_Location

Nara

ISSN

1092-8669

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6700-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIPRM.2001.929032

Filename

929032