Title :
Microfluidic cavities in silicon-based photonic crystal slab waveguides
Author :
Bog, Uwe ; Smith, Cameron L C ; Karnutsch, Christian ; Tomljenovic-Hanic, Snjezana ; Grillet, Christian ; Monat, Christelle ; Wu, Darran K C ; Faolain, Liam O. ; White, Tom ; Krauss, Thomas F. ; McPhedran, Ross ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We demonstrate post-processed, reconfigurable microfluidic double-heterostructure cavities in silicon-based photonic crystal slab waveguides, formed by selective micropipette fluid infiltration. An examination of the induced cavities, performed by evanescent coupling, is presented.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; micro-optomechanical devices; microfluidics; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; silicon; Si; double-heterostructure cavities; evanescent coupling; microfluidic cavities; micropipette fluid infiltration; photonic crystal slab; photonic crystal waveguides; silicon-based photonic crystal; DH-HEMTs; Lattices; Microfluidics; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610596
