Open AccessUltrahigh-Q Nanocavity with 1D Photonic Gap
Author(s) -
Masaya Notomi,
Eiichi Kuramochi,
Hideaki Taniyama
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.011095
Subject(s) - optics , photonic crystal , wavelength , physics , lambda , photonics , optoelectronics , band gap , materials science
Recently, various wavelength-sized cavities with theoretical Q values of approximately 10(8) have been reported, however, they all employ 2D or 3D photonic band gaps to realize strong light confinement. Here we numerically demonstrate that ultrahigh-Q (2.0x10(8)) and wavelength-sized (V(eff) approximately 1.4(lambda/n)3) cavities can be achieved by employing only 1D periodicity.