Temperature tuning of the optical properties of planar photonic crystal microcavities

• We report on the temperature tuning of the optical properties of photonic crystal (PhC) microcavities. Planar and one-dimensional cavities were made from two-dimensional PhCs etched in GaAs and InP based vertical waveguides. These systems were optically characterized by an internal light source technique. The samples were mounted on a Peltier stage in order to vary the temperature from 20 to 76degreesC. Linear dependence of the resonance wavelengths with respect to the temperature is observed with gradients dlambda/dT=0.09 and 0.1 nm/degreesC for GaAs and InP based cavities, respectively. These results are in agreement with theoretical calculations based on the thermal dependence of the refractive index of the PhC semiconductor component.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

liquid-crystal

spontaneous emission

thermal-dependence

refractive-index

semiconductor

band

opal

wave

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ref (subject category)

art (subject category)