Title :
Numerical Studies of Dispersion Properties of SOI Photonic Nanowires
Author :
Xiaogang Chen ; Lina Cao ; Panoiu, N.C. ; Osgood, R.M. ; Scarmozzino, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Appl. Math., Columbia Univ., New York, NY
Abstract :
We present a numerical study of dispersion properties of silicon-on-insulator photonic nanowires. We demonstrate that the effective index, group index, and second-order dispersion coefficient are determined by the waveguide geometry and can be strongly engineered
Keywords :
finite element analysis; nanowires; optical dispersion; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; vectors; SOI photonic nanowires; Si-SiO2; dispersion properties; effective index; finite element method; group index; second-order dispersion coefficient; silicon wire waveguides; silicon-on-insulator photonic nanowires; vectorial beam propagation method; waveguide geometry; Dispersion; Geometry; Grid computing; Nanowires; Numerical analysis; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Propagation constant; Silicon on insulator technology; Waveguide components;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2006. 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0096-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2006.1708197
