Title :
Light propagation in novel fluid infiltrated polymer waveguide arrays
Author :
Bennet, Francis H. ; Zeller, Eike ; Larter, Tegan ; Mitchell, Arnan ; Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
Propagation of light in periodic photonic structures has triggered great interest in the past decade due to the possibilities to study fundamental physical phenomena of the interplay of periodicity and nonlinearity. In all such studies the use of high quality samples with reconfigurable properties is of key importance. Fluid infiltrated photonic crystal ´holey´ fibres have proved an excellent platform for studying the interaction between arrays of nonlinear waveguides as well as novel concept of bio-sensing. However the fabrication of such fibres can be cost and time ineffective, as well as can have significant geometric constraints. This work presents a new air-structured integrated optic platform which is a planar analogue of photonic-crystal fibres. These planar devices are fabricated using high resolution polymer lithography in combination with a thin-film lamination technique to embed air filled features within the planar optical waveguide structures.
Keywords :
laminations; light propagation; optical arrays; optical fabrication; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; air-structured integrated optics; fluid infiltration; high resolution polymer lithography; light propagation; photonic-crystal fibres; planar devices; planar optical waveguide; polymer waveguide arrays; thin-film lamination technique; Costs; Integrated optics; Optical arrays; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber devices; Optical polymers; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192514