GaAs photonic crystal cavity with ultra-high Q: microwatt nonlinearity at 1.55 $\mu$m

Abstract

We have realized and measured a GaAs nanocavity in a slab photonic crystal based on the design by Kuramochi et al. [Appl. Phys.Lett., \textbf{88}, 041112, (2006)]. We measure a quality factor Q=700,000, which proves that ultra-high Q nanocavities are also feasible in GaAs. We show that, due to larger two-photon absorption (TPA) in GaAs, nonlinearities appear at the microwatt-level and will be more functional in gallium arsenide than in silicon nanocavities.

arXiv comment3 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Optics Letters

References in corpus (1)

• Unconventional motional narrowing in the optical spectrum of a semiconductor quantum dot

Cited by in corpus (35)

• Engineered Quantum Dot Single Photon Sources
• Observation of soliton pulse compression in photonic crystal waveguides
• The quantum optical Josephson interferometer
• Single-photon blockade in doubly resonant nanocavities with second-order nonlinearity
• Unconventional photon blockade in doubly resonant microcavities with second-order nonlinearity
• A quantum phase switch between a single solid-state spin and a photon
• Disorder-induced coherent scattering in slow-light photonic crystal waveguides
• Controlling the dynamics of a coupled atom-cavity system by pure dephasing : basics and potential applications in nanophotonics
• Optimal antibunching in passive photonic devices based on coupled nonlinear resonators
• Signatures of the super fluid-insulator phase transition in laser driven dissipative nonlinear cavity arrays
• Quantum optical diode with semiconductor microcavities
• Single-photon nonlinear optics with Kerr-type nanostructured materials
• Ultra-low threshold polariton lasing in photonic crystal cavities
• Photon correlations in a two-site non-linear cavity system under coherent drive and dissipation
• Few emitters in a cavity: From cooperative emission to individualization
• Microwave-to-optical transduction using a mechanical supermode for coupling piezoelectric and optomechanical resonators
• Light localization induced enhancement of third order nonlinearities in a GaAs photonic crystal waveguide
• High-Q two-dimensional lithium niobate photonic crystal slab nanoresonators
• Interplay of plasma-induced and fast thermal nonlinearities in a GaAs-based photonic crystal nanocavity
• Photon-level tuning of photonic nanocavities
• Surface-passivated high-Q GaAs photonic crystal nanocavity with quantum dots
• Strongly coupled single quantum dot in a photonic crystal waveguide cavity
• Realization of high-Q/V bichromatic photonic crystal cavities defined by an effective Aubry-André-Harper potential
• Origin of optical losses in gallium arsenide disk whispering gallery resonators
• Efficient Terahertz Generation in Triply Resonant Nonlinear Photonic Crystal Microcavities
• A quantum optical valve in a nonlinear-linear resonator junction
• Oscillatory dynamics in nanocavities with noninstantaneous Kerr response
• Radiative coupling of quantum dots in photonic crystal structures
• Anomalous quantum Hall effect of light in Bloch-wave modulated photonic crystals
• Tuning out disorder-induced localization in nanophotonic cavity arrays
• Integrated microcavity optomechanics with a suspended photonic crystal mirror above a distributed Bragg reflector
• Cavity enhanced second-order nonlinear photonic logic circuits
• Measurement of the linear thermo-optical coefficient of Ga${}_{0.51}$In${}_{0.49}$P using photonic crystal nanocavities
• Observation of gain-pinned dissipative solitons in a microcavity laser
• A simple model system to study coupled photonic crystal microcavities