Demonstration of cavity mode between two-dimensionalphotonic-crystal mirrors

Abstract

The authors report the observation of a cavity mode, at λ = 0.94 µm, which is tightly confined between two slabs of two-dimensional photonic crystals deeply etched into a laser-like heterostructure waveguide. Guided photoluminescence of this heterostructure is used as an internal point source to probe the horizontal cavity.