Ultrasmall-V high-Q photonic crystal nanobeam microcavities based on slot and hollow-core waveguides

作者:Yu, Ping; Qi, Biao; Jiang, Xiaoqing; Wang, Minghua; Yang, Jianyi*
来源:Optics Letters, 2011, 36(8): 1314-1316.
DOI:10.1364/OL.36.001314

摘要

Photonic crystal nanobeam microcavities based on slot and hollow-core waveguides were proposed and analyzed. Three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulations show that both an ultrasmall modal volume (V) and a high quality (Q) factor can be obtained simultaneously in hollow-core-nanobeam mirocavities (HCNMs) due to the strong confinement of fields in the two lateral directions. For a 6.5-mu m-long HCNM, the Q factor and V are on the order of 10(5) and 10(-2) (lambda/2n)(3), respectively. With compactness, lower fabrication requirements as well as ultrahigh Q/V, the proposed microcavities would be very promising in a variety of applications.

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