Conference Proceedings

Ultrahigh-Q photoinduced microcavities in defect-free photonic crystals

S Tomljenovic-Hanic, CM De Sterke

35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2010 | Published : 2010

DOI: 10.1109/acoft.2010.5929952

Abstract

We demonstrate that cavities with Q>106 can be designed in defect-free photonic crystals made of photosensitive material (chalcogenide). Both positive and negative refractive index change can result in high-Q cavities. © 2010 Eng Australia & Australia O.

University of Melbourne Researchers