Optical fiber tips functionalized with semiconductor photonic crystal cavities

TL;DR

This paper presents a rapid epoxy-based method for transferring photonic crystal cavities onto optical fiber tips, enabling stable fiber-coupled cavity devices with high quality factors for practical applications.

Contribution

A new simple transfer technique for integrating photonic crystal cavities onto fiber tips, facilitating stable fiber coupling and broadening potential applications.

Findings

Cavities maintain high quality factors (2000-4000) after transfer.

Active quantum dot cavities show photoluminescence collected through fibers.

Method is rapid, simple, and mechanically stable.

Abstract

We demonstrate a simple and rapid epoxy-based method for transferring photonic crystal cavities to the facets of optical fibers. Passive Si cavities were measured via fiber taper coupling as well as direct transmission from the fiber facet. Active quantum dot containing GaAs cavities showed photoluminescence that was collected both in free space and back through the original fiber. Cavities maintain a high quality factor (2000-4000) in both material systems. This new design architecture provides a practical mechanically stable platform for the integration of photonic crystal cavities with macroscale optics and opens the door for novel research on fiber-coupled cavity devices.