Title :
Optofluidic dispersion engineering of photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Bedoya, A. Casas ; Domachuk, P. ; Ting, J. ; Grillet, C. ; Monat, C. ; Tomljenovic-Hanic, S. ; Lee, M.W. ; McPhedran, R.C. ; Eggleton, B.J.
Author_Institution :
ARC Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We use optofluidic infiltration to precisely and reversibly engineer the dispersion of a photonic crystal defect waveguide post-fabrication. The amount of fluid infiltrated into the photonic crystal microstructure strongly influences the waveguide dispersion.
Keywords :
Microstructure; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
