Mode characteristics of metallically coated square microcavity connected with an output waveguide

Mode characteristics of a square microcavity with an output waveguide on the middle of one side, laterally confined by an insulating layer SiO2 and a p-electrode metal Au, are investigated by two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain technique. The mode quality (Q) factors versus the width of the output waveguide are calculated for Fabry-Peacuterot type and whispering-gallery type modes in the square cavity. Mode coupling between the confined modes in the square cavity and the guided modes in the output waveguide determines the mode Q factors, which is greatly influenced by the symmetry behaviors of the modes. Fabry-Peacuterot type modes can also have high Q factors due to the high reflectivity of the Au layer for the vertical incident mode light rays. For the square cavity with side length 4 mu m and refractive index 3.2, the mode Q factors of the Fabry-Peacuterot type modes can reach 10(4) at the mode wavelength of 1.5 mu m as the output waveguide width is 0.4 mu m.

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This work was supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 60777028, 60723002, and 60838003, and the Major State Basic Research Program under Grant No. 2006CB302804.

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This work was supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 60777028, 60723002, and 60838003, and the Major State Basic Research Program under Grant No. 2006CB302804.