Journal article
Flexible design of ultrahigh-Q microcavities in diamond-based photonic crystal slabs
S Tomljenovic-Hanic, AD Greentree, CM De Sterke, S Prawer
Optics Express | Published : 2009
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.006465
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Abstract
We design extremely flexible ultrahigh-Q diamond-based doubleheterostructure photonic crystal slab cavities by modifying the refractive index of the diamond. The refractive index changes needed for ultrahigh-Q cavities with Q ∼ 107, are well within what can be achieved (Δn ∼ 0.02). The cavity modes have relatively small volumes V2 (/n)3, making them ideal for cavity quantum electro-dynamic applications. Importantly for realistic fabrication, our design is flexible because the range of parameters, cavity length and the index changes, that enables an ultrahigh-Q is quite broad. Furthermore as the index modification is post-processed, an efficient technique to generate cavities around defect ce..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank R. Kalish and M. Draganski for helpful discussions. This work was produced with the assistance of the Australian Research Council (ARC) under the ARC Centres of Excellence Program and by an award under the Merit Allocation Scheme on the National Facility of the Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing. CUDOS (the Centre for Ultrahigh- bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems) is an ARC Centre of Excellence. A. D. G. is the recipient of an Australian Research Council Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship (project number DP0880466). A. D. G. and S. P. are supported by the Australian Research Council, the Australian Government, International Science Linkages program the Department of Education Science and Technology under the International Science Linkages scheme, and the EU 6th Framework under the EQUIND collaboration.