Title :
Design method for critically coupling into a weakly absorbing 1D photonic crystal cavity
Author :
Grote, Richard R. ; Xiang Meng ; Driscoll, Jeffrey B. ; Panoiu, Nicolae Coriolan ; Osgood, Richard M.
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Sci. Labs., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
A design method for critically coupling into a weakly absorbing Si waveguide photonic crystal cavity is presented. Using this method, an ultra-compact Si+ implanted waveguide photodiode is designed with a factor of 240 increase in absorption.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; light absorption; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; photodiodes; photonic crystals; silicon; Si; critical coupling; design method; ultracompact Si implanted waveguide photodiode; weakly absorbing 1D photonic crystal cavity; weakly absorbing Si waveguide photonic crystal cavity; Absorption; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Design methodology; Optical waveguides; Scattering; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
