Quality factor optimization of photonic crystal cavities through multiple multipole expansion technique and power loss integral

Reihaneh Jannesary; Saeid Zamiri; Azar D. Mazaheri; Abouzar Hamidipour; Abbas Mohtashami; Kurt Hingerl; Javad Zarbakhsh

doi:10.1117/12.781467

6 May 2008 Quality factor optimization of photonic crystal cavities through multiple multipole expansion technique and power loss integral

Reihaneh Jannesary, Saeid Zamiri, Azar D. Mazaheri, Abouzar Hamidipour, Abbas Mohtashami, Kurt Hingerl, Javad Zarbakhsh

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Proceedings Volume 6989, Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices VIII; 69891B (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.781467
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2008, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

The Local Density of photonic States (LDOS) and Multiple Multipole Expansion technique (MME) are powerful tools in the study of spontaneous emission and calculation of photon confinement as well as efficient calculation of stationary field in planar photonic crystals. We bridge between optimization of Purcell factor and Q-factor in photonic crystal micro-cavities on one hand, and cavity power loss on the other hand. The quality factor calculated through a pulse response technique based on Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) simulations are compared with quality factor calculated by other approaches of LDOS and power loss. It turned out that the latter methods are more accurate and computationally less expensive. The cavity power loss is defined as the surface integration of energy density flow projected toward outside of the effective cavity volume. It is shown that size changes and shifting the neighboring rods or holes have a large impact on the mode volume and confinement. The quality factor optimization is performed for a H1- photonic crystal cavity, and mode volume investigations carried out for high Q factor arrangements. These investigations are resulted in effective structural design rules and geometrical freedom contour plots for the neighboring rods in the vicinity of the micro-cavity. These generalized design rules are suitable for further studies in other photonic micro-cavities.

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Reihaneh Jannesary, Saeid Zamiri, Azar D. Mazaheri, Abouzar Hamidipour, Abbas Mohtashami, Kurt Hingerl, and Javad Zarbakhsh "Quality factor optimization of photonic crystal cavities through multiple multipole expansion technique and power loss integral", Proc. SPIE 6989, Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices VIII, 69891B (6 May 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.781467

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