Title :
Advances in dispersion-based silicon photonic-crystal physics, devices and fabrication
Author :
Prather, Dennis W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA
fDate :
29 Sept.-1 Oct. 2004
Abstract :
In this work we present and experimentally validate self-collimation in planar photonic crystals (PhC) as a means to achieve defect-free confinement of light in PhC devices. We demonstrate the ability to arbitrarily guide and route light by exploiting the dispersive characteristics of the photonic crystal. Propagation loss as low as 2.17 dB/mm is measured, and experimental validation of routing structures is presented.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical dispersion; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; photonic crystals; silicon; defect-free light confinement; dispersion-based silicon photonic-crystal; propagation loss; self-collimation; Dispersion; Fabrication; Frequency; Lattices; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Physics; Silicon; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2004. First IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8474-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2004.1416728
