Modal Properties of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Applications to Lasers
Photonic crystal cavities enable strong light–matter interactions, with numerous applications, such as ultra-small and energy-efficient semiconductor lasers, enhanced nonlinearities and single-photon sources. This paper reviews the properties of the modes of photonic crystal cavities, with a special...
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| author | Marco Saldutti Meng Xiong Evangelos Dimopoulos Yi Yu Mariangela Gioannini Jesper Mørk |
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| description | Photonic crystal cavities enable strong light–matter interactions, with numerous applications, such as ultra-small and energy-efficient semiconductor lasers, enhanced nonlinearities and single-photon sources. This paper reviews the properties of the modes of photonic crystal cavities, with a special focus on line-defect cavities. In particular, it is shown how the fundamental resonant mode in line-defect cavities gradually turns from Fabry–Perot-like to distributed-feedback-like with increasing cavity size. This peculiar behavior is directly traced back to the properties of the guided Bloch modes. Photonic crystal cavities based on Fano interference are also covered. This type of cavity is realized through coupling of a line-defect waveguide with an adjacent nanocavity, with applications to Fano lasers and optical switches. Finally, emerging cavities for extreme dielectric confinement are covered. These cavities promise extremely strong light–matter interactions by realizing deep sub-wavelength mode size while keeping a high quality factor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49f17e3f575d48b8abb754429de619202023-11-23T00:42:08ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912021-11-011111303010.3390/nano11113030Modal Properties of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Applications to LasersMarco Saldutti0Meng Xiong1Evangelos Dimopoulos2Yi Yu3Mariangela Gioannini4Jesper Mørk5DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, DenmarkDTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, DenmarkDTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, DenmarkDTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, DenmarkDepartment of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, IT-10129 Turin, ItalyDTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, DenmarkPhotonic crystal cavities enable strong light–matter interactions, with numerous applications, such as ultra-small and energy-efficient semiconductor lasers, enhanced nonlinearities and single-photon sources. This paper reviews the properties of the modes of photonic crystal cavities, with a special focus on line-defect cavities. In particular, it is shown how the fundamental resonant mode in line-defect cavities gradually turns from Fabry–Perot-like to distributed-feedback-like with increasing cavity size. This peculiar behavior is directly traced back to the properties of the guided Bloch modes. Photonic crystal cavities based on Fano interference are also covered. This type of cavity is realized through coupling of a line-defect waveguide with an adjacent nanocavity, with applications to Fano lasers and optical switches. Finally, emerging cavities for extreme dielectric confinement are covered. These cavities promise extremely strong light–matter interactions by realizing deep sub-wavelength mode size while keeping a high quality factor.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/11/11/3030photonic crystal(s)extreme dielectric confinementlight–matter interactionline-defect cavitiesnanolasermicrolaser |
| spellingShingle | Marco Saldutti Meng Xiong Evangelos Dimopoulos Yi Yu Mariangela Gioannini Jesper Mørk Modal Properties of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Applications to Lasers Nanomaterials photonic crystal(s) extreme dielectric confinement light–matter interaction line-defect cavities nanolaser microlaser |
| title | Modal Properties of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Applications to Lasers |
| title_full | Modal Properties of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Applications to Lasers |
| title_fullStr | Modal Properties of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Applications to Lasers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modal Properties of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Applications to Lasers |
| title_short | Modal Properties of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Applications to Lasers |
| title_sort | modal properties of photonic crystal cavities and applications to lasers |
| topic | photonic crystal(s) extreme dielectric confinement light–matter interaction line-defect cavities nanolaser microlaser |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/11/11/3030 |
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