Local tuning of photonic crystal cavities using chalcogenide glasses

We developed a method to locally tune refractive index in photonic crystals. The technique, based on photodarkening of chalcogenide glasses, enables 3 nm resonance tuning of GaAs photonic crystal cavities operating at 940 nm.

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