Optical coupling between a two-dimensional photonic crystal-based microcavity and single-line defect waveguide on InP membranes

Author

Seassal, Christian ; Dsieres, Y. ; Letartre, Xavier ; Grillet, Christian ; Rojo-Romeo, Pedro ; Viktorovitch, Pierre ; Benyattou, Taha

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Electronique, Optoelectronique et Microsystemes, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Ecully, France

Volume

38

Issue

7

fYear

2002

fDate

7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

811

Lastpage

815

Abstract

We demonstrate the mutual coupling between a microcavity and a waveguide realized in a two-dimensional photonic crystal on an InP membrane. Coupling processes are evidenced by generating guided or cavity modes by photoluminescence and by measuring locally the diffraction losses. Depending on the transfer and loss dynamics, different coupling processes are found. Finite difference time-domain simulations and additional polarization resolved luminescence measurements are performed in order to further investigate the coupling procedure

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; finite difference time-domain analysis; indium compounds; membranes; micro-optics; micromechanical resonators; optical couplers; optical waveguide theory; optical waveguides; photoluminescence; photonic band gap; 2D photonic crystal-based microcavity; InP; InP membranes; cavity modes; coupling processes; diffraction losses; finite difference time-domain simulations; guided modes; loss dynamics; optical coupling; photoluminescence; polarization resolved luminescence measurements; single-line defect waveguide; two-dimensional photonic crystal-based microcavity; Biomembranes; Indium phosphide; Loss measurement; Microcavities; Mutual coupling; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photoluminescence; Photonic crystals;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2002.1017591

Filename

1017591