Controllable finite ultra-narrow quality-factor peak in a perturbed Dirac-cone band structure of a photonic-crystal slab

Abstract

We show that by using a perturbed photonic Dirac-cone, one can realize an ultra-narrow and finite Q-factor peak in the wavevector space, with both the peak value and the width separately tunable. We also discuss a lower bound in the minimal viable width given a peak Q-value while maintaining sufficient Q differentiation among modes. The strong angular and frequency Q-selection finds applications in optical devices where strong angle- and frequency-selections are needed.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jul 19, 2021
Source ID
10.1063/5.0056243

Entities

People

  • Akhil Raj Kumar Kalapala
  • Alex Y Song
  • Cheng Guo
  • Ganesh Balakrishnan
  • Haiwen Wang
  • Kevin James Reilly
  • Ricky Gibson
  • Robert Bedford
  • Sadhvikas Addamane
  • Shanhui Fan
  • Thomas Rotter
  • Weidong Zhou

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Stanford University
  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of New Mexico
  • University of Texas at Arlington

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Microwave Engineering.
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  • Space