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We start from a 2D photonic crystal nanocavity with moderate Q-factor and dynamically increase it by two order of magnitude by the joint action of coherent population oscillations and nonlinear refractive index.
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Fig. 1 3D representation of the L3 PhC nanocavity with embedded quantum wells, and with the tapered fiber on top for the optical coupling.
Fig. 2 Measured pump (a), modulation amplitude (b) reflections and group delay (c) for δ = 240 MHz and for different laser wavelengths. Pin is the laser power. (d), (e) and (f) are the corresponding theoretical predictions.
Fig. 3 Measured modulation amplitude reflection under nonlinear interaction for a pump wavelength near the optimal wavelength λM and a power of 10 mW (full circles). The vertical dashed line at δ = 220 MHz indicates the HWHM. The corresponding theoretical prediction is represented by the continuous line.

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