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HL: Fachverband Halbleiterphysik
HL 86: Photonic crystals and cavities
HL 86.5: Vortrag
Donnerstag, 3. April 2014, 10:30–10:45, POT 051
Thermo-optical response of photonic crystal cavity resonances — •Niko Nikolay1, Janik Wolters1, Max Schoengen2, Andreas Schell1, Jürgen Probst2, Bernd Löchel2, and Oliver Benson1 — 1Nano-Optics, Institute of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany — 2Institute for Nanometre Optics and Technology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
Two-dimensional photonic crystal cavities are promising candidates for scalable integrated optical devices. Hence, they have increasing importance for quantum optics, photonics and sensing applications [1,2]. We focus on thermo-optical effects in photonic crystal slab resonators made of gallium phosphide. The thermal shift of the resonance wavelength and the underlying change of the refractive index are explored. An increased Q-factor is observed at low temperatures. Our results are the first systematic study of these properties over the wide temperature range between 5 and 300 K at a wavelength of about 605 nm [3]. In addition, experimental studies and theoretical analysis of thermo-optical switching of visible light by local heating of ultra-small attoliter volumes are discussed.
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[2] Wolters et al., APL 97, 141108 (2010), doi:10.1063/1.3499300
[3] Wolters et al., Nanotech. 24, 315204 (2013), doi:10.1088/0957-4484/24/31/315204