• DocumentCode
    520309
  • Title

    Reversible tuning of photonic crystal cavities using photochromic films

  • Author

    Sridharan, Deepak ; Waks, Edo ; Fourkas, John T. ; Solomon, Glenn

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate reversible tuning of photonic-crystal cavity resonance by 2.7nm using a photochromic film of spiropyran. Exposure of spiropyran to ultraviolet light redshifts the cavity resonance that can be reversed by exposure to visible light.
  • Keywords
    Educational institutions; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Gallium arsenide; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical tuning; Photochromism; Photonic crystals; Resonance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499879