Nanofluidic tuning of photonic crystal circuitry

Author

Erickson, David ; Rockwood, Troy ; Emery, Teresa ; Scherer, Axel ; Psaltis, Demetri

Author_Institution

Center for Optofluidic Integration, California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Utilizing soft-lithography based nanofluidics and silicon nanophotonics we demonstrate ultracompact tunable spectral filtering. Liquid based addressing and high refractive index modulation of a single row of holes within a planar photonic crystal is demonstrated.

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; microfluidics; nanophotonics; nanotechnology; optical modulation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; refractive index; silicon; soft lithography; Si; nanofluidic tuning; nanofluidics; photonic crystal circuitry; planar photonic crystal; refractive index modulation; silicon nanophotonics; soft-lithography; spectrally selective waveguide; tunable spectral filtering; ultracompact filtering; Circuit optimization; Nanophotonics; Optical control; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Tunable circuits and devices; 230.7370 Waveguides; 250.5300 Photonic integrated circuits; 999.9999 Nanofluidics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628395

Filename

4628395