Microfluidic photonic crystal nanocavities

Cameron L.C. Smith, Darran K.C. Wu, Michael W. Lee, Christelle Monat, Snjezana Tomljenovic-Hanic, Darren Freeman, Steve Madden, Christian Grillet, Barry Luther-Davies, Harald Giessen, Benjamin J. Eggleton

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    Abstract

    We demonstrate post-processed and reconfigurable photonic crystal double-heterostructure nanocavities via selective fluid infiltration. We experimentally investigate the microfluidic structures via evanescent probing from a tapered fiber at telecommunications wavelengths. We demonstrate a cavity with quality factor Q = 4,300. The defect-writing technique we present does not require nanometer-scale alterations in lattice geometry and may be undertaken at any time after photonic crystal waveguide fabrication.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationDevice and Process Technologies for Microelectronics, MEMS, Photonics, and Nanotechnology IV
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008
    EventDevice and Process Technologies for Microelectronics, MEMS, Photonics, and Nanotechnology IV - Canberra, Australia
    Duration: 5 Dec 20077 Dec 2007

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
    Volume6800
    ISSN (Print)0277-786X

    Conference

    ConferenceDevice and Process Technologies for Microelectronics, MEMS, Photonics, and Nanotechnology IV
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityCanberra
    Period5/12/077/12/07

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