• DocumentCode
    2738707
  • Title

    Ultracompact silicon nanowire circuits for optical communication and optical sensing

  • Author

    Dai, Daoxin ; He, Sailing

  • Author_Institution
    State Key Lab. for Modern Opt. Instrum., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    10-12 Jan. 2011
  • Firstpage
    25
  • Lastpage
    26
  • Abstract
    By utilizing Si nanowires, ultracompact photonic integrated circuits are realized. Some Si hybrid plasmonic waveguides are also introduced for subwavelength optical confinement and low loss propagation. We review our recent work on Si nanophotonic integrated circuits and their applications.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; light propagation; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical losses; optical sensors; optical waveguides; plasmonics; silicon; Si; hybrid plasmonic waveguides; low loss propagation; nanophotonics; optical communication; optical sensing; subwavelength optical confinement; ultracompact photonic integrated circuits; ultracompact silicon nanowire circuits; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Optical interferometry; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Plasmons; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Winter Topicals (WTM), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Keystone, CO
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8428-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTWTM.2011.5730028
  • Filename
    5730028