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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Autores principales:	Marco Saldutti, Meng Xiong, Evangelos Dimopoulos, Yi Yu, Mariangela Gioannini, Jesper Mørk
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	photonic crystal(s) extreme dielectric confinement light–matter interaction line-defect cavities nanolaser microlaser Chemistry QD1-999
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/49f17e3f575d48b8abb754429de61920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:49f17e3f575d48b8abb754429de619202021-11-25T18:31:51ZModal Properties of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Applications to Lasers10.3390/nano111130302079-4991https://doaj.org/article/49f17e3f575d48b8abb754429de619202021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/11/11/3030https://doaj.org/toc/2079-4991Photonic 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.Marco SalduttiMeng XiongEvangelos DimopoulosYi YuMariangela GioanniniJesper MørkMDPI AGarticlephotonic crystal(s)extreme dielectric confinementlight–matter interactionline-defect cavitiesnanolasermicrolaserChemistryQD1-999ENNanomaterials, Vol 11, Iss 3030, p 3030 (2021)
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topic	photonic crystal(s) extreme dielectric confinement light–matter interaction line-defect cavities nanolaser microlaser Chemistry QD1-999
spellingShingle	photonic crystal(s) extreme dielectric confinement light–matter interaction line-defect cavities nanolaser microlaser Chemistry QD1-999 Marco Saldutti Meng Xiong Evangelos Dimopoulos Yi Yu Mariangela Gioannini Jesper Mørk Modal Properties of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Applications to Lasers
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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author	Marco Saldutti Meng Xiong Evangelos Dimopoulos Yi Yu Mariangela Gioannini Jesper Mørk
author_facet	Marco Saldutti Meng Xiong Evangelos Dimopoulos Yi Yu Mariangela Gioannini Jesper Mørk
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title	Modal Properties of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Applications to Lasers
title_short	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_sort	modal properties of photonic crystal cavities and applications to lasers
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/49f17e3f575d48b8abb754429de61920
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Modal Properties of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Applications to Lasers

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