Title :
Silicon cabride nanobeam cavities with high Q/V
Author :
Lee, Jonathan Y. ; Xiyuan Lu ; Qiang Lin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate photonic-crystal nanobeam cavities in amorphous SiC. The fundamental mode exhibits intrinsic-Q of 7.69×104 with mode volume of 0.60(λ/n)3. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the highest Q/V value in SiC cavities.
Keywords :
Q-factor; amorphous semiconductors; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; nanophotonics; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; SiC; amorphous silicon carbide; fundamental mode; mode volume; photonic-crystal nanobeam cavity; quality factor; silicon carbide nanobeam cavity; Cavity resonators; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical resonators; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon carbide;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
