Title :
"Instantaneous" frequency shift of a high Q planar photonic crystal microcavity mode
Author :
McCutcheon, Murray W. ; Rieger, Georg W. ; Zagoskin, Alexandre M. ; Young, Jeff F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z1, Canada
Abstract :
A high Q mode in a silicon planar photonic crystal microcavity is dynamically perturbed by injection of free carriers, and modelled by a damped harmonic oscillator which undergoes an instantaneous frequency and lifetime shift.
Keywords :
Frequency; Microcavities; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical ring resonators; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Photonic crystals; Resonance; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431603
