Title :
Nanophotonic design for broadband light management
Author :
Kosten, Emily ; Callahan, Dennis ; Horowitz, Kelsey W. ; Pala, Ragip ; Atwater, Harry A.
Author_Institution :
Thomas J. Watson Labs. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
We describe nanophotonic design approaches for broadband light management including i) crossed-trapezoidal Si structures ii) Si photonic crystal superlattices, and iii) tapered and inhomogeneous diameter III-V/Si nanowire arrays.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; nanophotonics; nanowires; photonic crystals; radiation pressure; semiconductor superlattices; silicon; Si; broadband light management; crossed-trapezoidal Si structures; inhomogeneous nanowire arrays; nanophotonic design; photonic crystal superlattices; tapered nanowire arrays; Absorption; Broadband communication; Optical resonators; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Superlattices; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995259
