Title :
Low loss sharp bend for silicon nanophotonic slow-light waveguide
Author :
Yi, Huaxiang ; Wang, Yi ; Feng, Junbo ; Chen, Yao ; Zhou, Zhiping
Author_Institution :
Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan
Abstract :
A low loss sharp bend is proposed and analyzed in the slow-light waveguide which is consisted of a series of silicon nanopillars. More than 90% of transmission over 100 nm bandwidth is obtained.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; nanostructured materials; optical losses; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; low loss sharp bend; silicon nanophotonic slow-light waveguide; silicon nanopillars; slow-light waveguide; Bandwidth; Laboratories; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1769-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1768-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638180
