Eur. Phys. J. AP 16, 37-44 (2001)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2001191

Characterisation of 2D photonic crystals cavities on InP membranes^*

¹ Laboratoire d'Électronique, Optoélectronique et Microsystèmes (UMR CNRS 5512), École Centrale de Lyon, 36 avenue Guy de Collongue, BP 163, 69131 Ecully Cedex, France
² Groupe d'Étude des Semiconducteurs (UMR CNRS 5650), Université Montpellier II, place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France

Corresponding author: xavier.letartre@ec-lyon.fr

Received: 23 April 2001
Revised: 27 June 2001
Accepted: 27 June 2001
Published online: 15 October 2001

Abstract

We report on characterisation of optical modes in InP microcavities formed by two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals (PC) on a suspended membrane. Diffracted photoluminescence (PL) experiments and numerical calculations are associated in order to analyse the properties of PC microresonators and waveguides and to investigate the coupling between these two building blocks of PC based photonic integrated circuits.