Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Nanoelectromechanical-systems-controlled bistability of double-coupled photonic crystal cavities

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

In this Letter, we report an approach to controlling the bistability of double-coupled photonic crystal cavities with a nanoelectromechanical comb drive, in which the optical force and thermo-optic effect form a feedback mechanism to the effective index of the cavities, and the gap width between the cavities is steered by the comb drive. A model based on temporal coupled mode theory is established to analyze this approach. Hysteresis loops characterizing the bistability are experimentally achieved by sweeping the gap width forward and in reverse. In addition, the experiments also demonstrate that the bistability is tunable by varying the input light power.

© 2013 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Out-of-plane nanomechanical tuning of double-coupled one-dimensional photonic crystal cavities

Feng Tian, Guangya Zhou, Yu Du, Fook Siong Chau, Jie Deng, and Ramam Akkipeddi
Opt. Lett. 38(12) 2005-2007 (2013)

Energy-efficient utilization of bipolar optical forces in nano-optomechanical cavities

Feng Tian, Guangya Zhou, Yu Du, Fook Siong Chau, Jie Deng, Xiaosong Tang, and Ramam Akkipeddi
Opt. Express 21(15) 18398-18407 (2013)

Tuning the quality factor of split nanobeam cavity by nanoelectromechanical systems

Peng Shi, Han Du, Fook Siong Chau, Guangya Zhou, and Jie Deng
Opt. Express 23(15) 19338-19347 (2015)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (4)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (6)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved