Photonic crystal nanocavities, which have modal volumes of the order of a cubic wavelength
in the material, are of great interest as flexible platforms for manipulating photons. Recent …

Ultra-high-quality factor photonic crystal nanocavities are attracting much attention because
they can confine light into an ultra-small region and enable strong interaction between light …

Optical buffer memories, which do not rely on an intermediate conversion between optical
and electrical signals, can be used to realize optical networks with low latency and low …

High-quality (Q) factor photonic-crystal nanocavities,,,,,,, are currently the focus of much
interest because they can strongly confine photons in a tiny space. Nanocavities with …

Light is intrinsically very difficult to store in a small space. The ability to trap photons for a
long time (photon lifetime, τph) and to slow the propagation of light plays a significant role in …

We show that the two-photon transition rates of quantum dots coupled to nanocavities are
enhanced by up to several orders of magnitude relative to quantum dots in bulk host. We …

We introduce recent advances in dynamic control over the Q factor of a photonic crystal
nanocavity system. By carefully timing a rapid increase of the Q factor from 3800 to 22,000 …

We propose a design methodology for high-Q photonic crystal nanocavities with a tailored
radiation pattern. As an example, we applied this technique to five missing hole defect …

We present an efficiently pumped single photon source based on single quantum dots
embedded in photonic crystal nanocavities. Resonant excitation of a single quantum dot via …

We describe a compact modulator based on a photonic crystal nanocavity whose resonance
is electrically controlled through an integrated pin junction. The sub-micron size of the …