Photonic molecules made of matched and mismatched microcavities: new functionalities of microlasers and optoelectronic components

Svetlana V. Boriskina; Trevor M. Benson; Phillip Sewell

doi:10.1117/12.714344

14 February 2007 Photonic molecules made of matched and mismatched microcavities: new functionalities of microlasers and optoelectronic components

Svetlana V. Boriskina, Trevor M. Benson, Phillip Sewell

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Proceedings Volume 6452, Laser Resonators and Beam Control IX; 64520X (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.714344
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Photonic molecules, named by analogy with chemical molecules, are clusters of closely located electromagnetically interacting microcavities or "photonic atoms". As two or several microcavities are brought close together, their optical modes interact, and a rich spectrum of photonic molecule supermodes emerges, which depends both on geometrical and material properties of individual cavities and on their mutual interactions. Here, we discuss ways of controllable manipulation of photonic molecule supermodes, which improve or add new functionalities to microcavity-based optical components. We present several optimally-tuned photonic molecule designs for lowering thresholds of semiconductor microlasers, producing directional light emission, enhancing sensitivity of microcavity-based bio(chemical)sensors, and optimizing electromagnetic energy transfer around bends of coupled-cavity waveguides. Photonic molecules composed of identical microcavities as well as of microcavities with various degrees of size or material detuning are discussed. Microwave experiments on scaled photonic molecule structures are currently under way to confirm our theoretical predictions.

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Svetlana V. Boriskina, Trevor M. Benson, and Phillip Sewell "Photonic molecules made of matched and mismatched microcavities: new functionalities of microlasers and optoelectronic components", Proc. SPIE 6452, Laser Resonators and Beam Control IX, 64520X (14 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.714344

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