Photonic molecules modes in resonantly coupled spherical microcavities with semiconductor nanocrystals

Bradley, Louise; Donegan, John; Rakovich, Yury; Gerlach, Matthias; Connolly, T.; Boland, J.J.; Gaponik, Nikolai; Rogach, A.L.

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.604504

Photonic molecules modes in resonantly coupled spherical microcavities with semiconductor nanocrystals

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2005

Authors

Bradley, Louise

Donegan, John

Rakovich, Yury

Gerlach, Matthias

Connolly, T.

Boland, J.J.

Gaponik, Nikolai

Rogach, A.L.

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Rakovich, Y.P., Gerlach, M., Bradley, A.L., Donegan, J.F., Connolly, T., Boland, J.J., Gaponik N. & Rogach, A.L. Photonic molecules modes in resonantly coupled spherical microcavities with semiconductor nanocrystals, Proceedings of SPIE, Opto-Ireland 2005: Optoelectronics, Photonic Devices, and Optical Networks, SPIE Opto-Ireland 2005, Dublin,, John G. McInerney, Gerard Farrell, David M. Denieffe, Liam P. Barry, Harold S. Gamble, Padraig J. Hughes, Alan Moore , 5825, 2005, 73-84

Abstract

We present a detailed study of the localized coupled-cavity modes in a photonic molecule formed from two dielectric spherical microcavities with CdTe nanocrystals, which show a multi-peak narrowband modal structure resulting from lifting of the mode degeneracy with respect to the azimuthal quantum number. The feasibility of photonic molecules as the basis for a multi-channel, wavelength-tunable optical delay device is analysed.