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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

AlGaAs-based photonic crystal microcavity and its optical bistability

Hitoshi Kawashima, Naoki Ikeda, Yoshimasa Sugimoto, Toshifumi Hasama, H. Ishikawa, Yoshinori Tanaka

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

Optical microcavity was fabricated in an AlGaAs-based photonic crystal slab. The optical resonance was within the communication wavelengths and had a quality factor of 1900. Optical bistability due to thermo-optic origin was observed.
DOI
10.1109/cleo.2006.4628380

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