Abstract
Photonic crystals (PhCs), with their wide range of applications including non-classical light generation, all-optical computational paradigms, solid-state cavity quantum electrodynamics experiments, and sensing, are bound to play a major role in future photonic devices. The most important building block for all applications is the optical cavity. Here, we show how some common slab-based PhC cavities can be greatly improved with no added difficulty in the fabrication process. We achieve this by combining a fast mode-expansion method for the simulation of a structure [1] with a genetic optimization algorithm, which allows us to explore the full parameter space spanned by a number of experimentally accessible structural parameters [2].
© 2015 IEEE
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Momchil Minkov and Vincenzo Savona
JTu4A.92 CLEO: Applications and Technology (CLEO:A&T) 2014
Momchil Minkov and Vincenzo Savona
LTh3I.1 Laser Science (LS) 2015
M. Minkov and V. Savona
CK_P_36 The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/Europe) 2015