Waveguide-Coupled Photonic Crystal Cavity for Quantum Dot Spin Readout

We present a waveguide-coupled photonic crystal H1 cavity structure in which the orthogonal dipole modes couple to spatially separated photonic crystal waveguides. Coupling of each cavity mode to its respective waveguide with equal efficiency is achieved by adjusting the position and orientation of the waveguides. The behavior of the optimized device is experimentally verified for where the cavity mode splitting is larger and smaller than the cavity mode linewidth. In both cases, coupled Q-factors up to 1600 and contrast ratios up to 10 are achieved. This design may allow for spin state readout of a self-assembled quantum dot positioned at the cavity center or function as an ultra-fast optical switch operating at the single photon level. © 2013 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (230.5298) Photonic crystals; (230.5590) Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices References and links 1. J.L. O’Brien, J. Akira Furusawa and J. 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