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Fabrication And Characterization Of Photonic Crystal Slow Light Waveguides And Cavities
Published on: November 30, 2012
Optical trapping via guided resonance modes in a Slot-Suzuki-phase photonic crystal lattice
Jing Ma1, Luis Javier Martínez, Michelle L Povinelli
1Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Powell Hall of Engineering, 3737 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0271, USA. jingm@usc.edu
Abstract:
A novel photonic crystal lattice is proposed for trapping a two-dimensional array of particles. The lattice is created by introducing a rectangular slot in each unit cell of the Suzuki-Phase lattice to enhance the light confinement of guided resonance modes. Large quality factors on the order of 10⁵ are predicted in the lattice. A significant decrease of the optical power required for optical trapping can be achieved compared to our previous design.
