• DocumentCode
    1662706
  • Title

    Compact nano-antenna emitters for optical phased array applications

  • Author

    Shtyrkova, Katia ; Yaacobi, Ami ; Davids, Paul ; Trotter, Doug C. ; Wendt, Joel ; DeRose, Chris ; Kekatpure, Rohan ; Ippen, Erich P. ; Watts, Michael R.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose and experimentally demonstrate nano-antenna emitters coupled to a dielectric waveguide. Initial measured emitter efficiencies are 4.9-13% with simulations predicting >; 50% efficiencies with bandwidths exceeding 300nm in more advanced and ideally fabricated geometries.
  • Keywords
    antenna phased arrays; nanophotonics; optical arrays; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; compact nanoantenna emitters; dielectric waveguide; fabricated geometries; optical phased array applications; Apertures; Arrays; Couplings; Metals; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325993