Enhancement of a nano cavity lifetime by induced slow light and nonlinear dispersions

Patricio Grinberg (1) , Kamel Bencheikh (1) , Maia Brunstein (1) , Alejandro M. Yacomotti (1) , Yannick Dumeige (2) , Isabelle Sagnes (1) , Fabrice Raineri (1) , Laurent Bigot (3) , Juan Ariel Levenson (1)

1 LPN - Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures
2 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
3 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523

We start from a 2D photonic crystal nanocavity with moderate Q-factor and dynamically increase it by two order of magnitude by the joint action of coherent population oscillations and nonlinear refractive index.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Patricio Grinberg, Kamel Bencheikh, Maia Brunstein, Alejandro M. Yacomotti, Yannick Dumeige, et al.. Enhancement of a nano cavity lifetime by induced slow light and nonlinear dispersions. Optics Express, 2012, 20 (24), pp.27403. ⟨10.1364/OE.20.027403⟩. ⟨hal-00975352⟩