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Air atmosphere
Blue shift
Crystal nanocavities
Effective thickness
GaAs membrane
Green light
Low thermal budget
Micro-oxidation
Mode tuning
Nanocavity modes
Near infrared light
Nonthermal
Oxide growth
Photo-induced
Photoenhanced
Photonic crystals
Oxidation
Abstract:
A method to achieve photoinduced tuning of PhC nanocavity modes is discussed and implemented. It is based on light induced oxidation in air atmosphere with very low thermal budget which produces a local reduction of the GaAs membrane effective thickness and a large blueshift of the nanocavity modes. It is also shown that green light is much more efficient in inducing the micro-oxidation with respect to near infrared light. The observed behaviour is attributed to oxide growth promoted by photoenhanced reactivity. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.