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

fYear

2008

fDate

7-10 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610596

Filename

4610596