Multi-slot silicon optical waveguides

Author

Yang, Shun-Hui ; Bandaru, Prabhakar R. ; Cooper, Michael L. ; Park, Jung S. ; Mookherjea, Shayan

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We describe, fabricate and demonstrate multi-slotted silicon nanophotonic waveguides, comprised of four low index slots etched longitudinally along the waveguide. The computed modal profiles are well described by supermode theory. We have measured the group index of refraction of the waveguide in the TE and TM polarizations.

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; finite difference methods; light polarisation; nanostructured materials; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; refractive index; silicon; Si; TE polarization; TM polarization; finite-difference mode-solver software package; modal profiles; multislotted silicon nanophotonic waveguides; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; refractive index; supermode theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Polarization; Silicon; Tellurium; Waveguide discontinuities; (130.2790) Guided waves; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (230.5440) Polarization-selective devices; (230.5750) Resonators; (230.7380) Waveguides, channeled; (350.4238) Nanophotonics and photonic crystals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571773