Scalable Photonic Crystal Waveguides With 2 dB Component Loss

Anomalous propagation loss in photonic crystal waveguides.

Propagation loss can occur in photonic crystal waveguides without complete optical confinement. We employ a highly efficient transfer-matrix method which allows for accurate and reliable extraction of the propagation loss even at an extremely low level. The results for a two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguide shows that the loss exponentially decays via the waveguide wall thickness. An anom...

Nanopillars photonic crystal waveguides.

We present a novel type of a waveguide, which consists of several rows of periodically placed dielectric cylinders. In such a nanopillars photonic crystal waveguide, light confinement is due to the total internal reflection, while guided modes dispersion is strongly affected by waveguide periodicity. Nanopillars waveguide is multimode, where a number of modes is equal to the number of rows buil...

Low-loss guided modes in photonic crystal waveguides.

We study disorder-induced propagation losses of guided modes in photonic crystal slabs with line-defects. These losses are treated within a theoretical model of size disorder for the etched holes in the otherwise periodic photonic lattice. Comparisons are provided with state-of-the-art experimental data, both in membrane and Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) structures, in which propagation losses are...

Near-field characterization of low-loss photonic crystal waveguides

Photonic Crystal Nanocavities and Waveguides

Fabrication of optical structures has evolved to a precision which allows us to control light within etched nanostructures. Nano-optic cavities can be used for efficient and flexible concentration of light in small volumes, and control over both emission wavelength and frequency. Conversely, if a· periodic pattern is defined in the top semitransparent metal layer by lithography, it is possible ...