Ideal homoatomic and heteroatomic photonic crystal molecules

Year: 2012

Authors: Vignolini S., Intonti F., Riboli F., Wiersma D.S., Balet L., Li L.H.H., Francardi M., Gerardino A., Fiore A., Gurioli M.

Autors Affiliation: Univ Florence, European Lab Nonlinear Spect, CNISM, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; CNR INO, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Inst Photon & Quantum Elect, Stn 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; CNR, Inst Photon & Nanotechnol, I-00156 Rome, Italy; Eindhoven Univ Technol, COBRA Res Inst, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands; Univ Florence, Dept Phys, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

Abstract: A local tuning of the modes of photonic crystal systems both to blue and to red sides of the resonance is implemented by nano-infiltration/evaporation of water and laser micro-oxidation. This technology is used to completely control coupled photonic nanocavities (photonic crystal molecules). Beside the standard condition of zero detuning between identical modes of the two cavities (homoatomic molecule), we are also able to produce coupling between two modes of different polarization and spatial distribution (heteroatomic molecule). (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal/Review: PHOTONICS AND NANOSTRUCTURES-FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS

Volume: 10 (3)      Pages from: 271  to: 275

KeyWords: Photonic crystal cavities; Dynamic tuning; Coupled system
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2011.05.001

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