Inhibited emission of electromagnetic modes confined in subwavelength cavities

N. Le Thomas and R. Houdré
Phys. Rev. B 84, 035320 – Published 27 July 2011

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate the active inhibition of subwavelength confined cavity modes emission and quality factor enhancement by controlling the cavity optical surrounding. The intrinsic radiation angular spectrum of modes confined in planar photonics crystal cavities as well as its modifications depending on the environment are inferred via a transfer matrix modeling and k-space imaging.

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  • Received 20 May 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.035320

©2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

N. Le Thomas and R. Houdré

  • Institut de Physique de la Matière Condensée, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

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Vol. 84, Iss. 3 — 15 July 2011

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