Thermo-optical response of photonic crystal cavities operating in the visible
Optics
2013-09-02 v2
Abstract
In this paper we study thermo-optical effects in gallium phosphite photonic crystal cavities in the visible. By measuring the shift of narrow resonances we derive the temperature dependency of the local refractive index of gallium phosphide in attoliter volumina over a temperature range between 5 K and 300 K at a wavelength of about 605 nm. Additionally, the potential of photonic crystal cavities for thermo-optical switching of visible light is investigated. As an example we demonstrate thermo-optical switching with 13 dB contrast.
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@article{arxiv.1203.1425,
title = {Thermo-optical response of photonic crystal cavities operating in the visible},
author = {Janik Wolters and Niko Nikolay and Max Schoengen and Andreas W. Schell and Jürgen Probst and Bernd Löchel and Oliver Benson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.1425},
year = {2013}
}
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13 pages, 9 figures