Active medium inside photonic band structured microcavity

Hoi Lam TAM, R. Huber, K. F. Li, W. H. Wong, Y. B. Pun, Shu Kong SO, Kok Wai CHEAH*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Microcavity that has inherent photonic band structure within exhibits unique optical characteristics. Based on electron-beam lithography, we have successfully created a two-dimensional wavelength-scale periodic texture on one of the cavity mirrors with nanometer precision. In the microcavity, Bragg scattering is expected to provide a full continuous optical bandgap and flat dispersion of optical waveguide modes in the visible regime. When the luminescing material such as Alq3 is placed inside the 2-D patterned microcavity, the coupling of the luminescing matter to the photonic eigenmodes of the metallic microcavity is observed. Careful tailoring of the photonic lattice parameters allows us to tune the emission characteristic of the microcavity. From the transmission result, we found that planar microcavity result is in good agreement with the theoretical calculation. For the laterally structured metallic microcavity samples, we found that the dispersion of optical modes inside the microcavity is significantly altered compare with the planar metallic microcavity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 6th Chinese Optoelectronics Symposium, COES 2003
EditorsK. T. Chan, H. S. Kwok
PublisherIEEE
Pages116-119
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)0780378873, 9780780378872
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003
Event6th Chinese Optoelectronics Symposium, COES 2003 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 12 Sept 200314 Sept 2003

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 6th Chinese Optoelectronics Symposium, COES 2003

Conference

Conference6th Chinese Optoelectronics Symposium, COES 2003
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period12/09/0314/09/03

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

User-Defined Keywords

  • Couplings
  • Inorganic materials
  • Lithography
  • Microcavities
  • Mirrors
  • Optical materials
  • Optical scattering
  • Optical waveguides
  • Particle scattering
  • Photonic band gap

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