We present the design and fabrication of active and passive two-dimensional photonic crystal (2D-PC) devices based on GaAs/ AlGaAs slab waveguide nano-resonators. The active device is a vertical microcavity exploiting a 2D-PC of air holes arranged in a circular lattice configuration in a GaAs/AlGaAs slab waveguide. The active medium embedded in the waveguide is composed of InAs/GaAs quantum dots emitting around 1300 nm. The investigated passive device is a dual wavelength division splitter exploiting 2D-PC resonators. The spectral response of the active circular microcavity and the transmission characteristics at the different ports of the dual wavelength splitter have been evaluated by a finite-difference time-domain method based computer code. A detailed description of the nanotechnology processes necessary for the fabrication of both active and passive 2D-PC devices is also reported. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Design and fabrication of active and passive photonic crystal resonators / Stomeo, T; Errico, V; Salhi, A; Passaseo, A; Cingolani, R; D'Orazio, Antonella; De Sario, M; Marrocco, V; Petruzzelli, Vincenzo; Prudenzano, Francesco; De Vittorio, A.. - In: MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING. - ISSN 0167-9317. - 83:4-9(2006), pp. 1823-1825. [10.1016/j.mee.2006.01.211]
Design and fabrication of active and passive photonic crystal resonators
D'ORAZIO, Antonella;PETRUZZELLI, Vincenzo;PRUDENZANO, Francesco;
2006-01-01
Abstract
We present the design and fabrication of active and passive two-dimensional photonic crystal (2D-PC) devices based on GaAs/ AlGaAs slab waveguide nano-resonators. The active device is a vertical microcavity exploiting a 2D-PC of air holes arranged in a circular lattice configuration in a GaAs/AlGaAs slab waveguide. The active medium embedded in the waveguide is composed of InAs/GaAs quantum dots emitting around 1300 nm. The investigated passive device is a dual wavelength division splitter exploiting 2D-PC resonators. The spectral response of the active circular microcavity and the transmission characteristics at the different ports of the dual wavelength splitter have been evaluated by a finite-difference time-domain method based computer code. A detailed description of the nanotechnology processes necessary for the fabrication of both active and passive 2D-PC devices is also reported. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.