Surface-mode microcavity

Sanshui Xiao, Min Qiu

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Abstract

Optical microcavities based on zero-group-velocity surface modes in photonic crystals are studied. It is shown that high quality factors can be easily obtained for such microcavities in photonic crystal slabs. With increasing of the cavity length, the quality factor is gradually enhanced and the resonant frequency converges to that of the zero-group-velocity surface mode in the photonic crystal. The number of the resonant modes with high quality factors is mainly determined by the number of surface modes with zero-group velocity.
Original languageEnglish
Article number111102
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume87
Issue number11
Number of pages4
ISSN0003-6951
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes

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