Title :
Design of high-Q photonic crystal cavities designed by air-holes infiltration
Author :
Tomljenovic-Hanic, S. ; De Sterke, C. Martijn ; Steel, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We design novel photonic crystal slab heterostructures, substituting the air in the holes with liquid crystal, polymer or nano-porous silica. We demonstrate numerically that such cavities can have quality factors up to Q=106.
Keywords :
Q-factor; liquid crystals; nanoporous materials; optical design techniques; optical polymers; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; SiO2; air-holes infiltration; liquid crystal; nanoporous silica; photonic crystal cavity design; polymer; quality factors; Lattices; Liquid crystal polymers; Optical design; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Personal communication networks; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
DOI :
10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519125
