3D Photonic Crystals based on epitaxial III-V semiconductor structures for nonlinear optical interactions

International audienceWe have investigated a three-dimensionally periodic (3D) photonic crystal structure based on an epitaxial periodic GaAs/Al0.93Ga0.07As multilayer structure that was designed for non-linear optical interactions. The 3D photonic crystal structure consisted of a two-dimensionally periodic planar photonic crystal hole pattern etched into the one-dimensionally periodic multilayer structure designed for a centre wavelength of lambda = 1.6 µm. Numerical simulations on the 3D PhC structure have shown that it should exhibit slow group velocity modal features near the edge of the photonic bandgap