Title :
Design and fabrication of dielectric nanostructured bending adaptor for optical frequencies
Author :
Lu, Yen-Sheng ; Xu, Hongyi ; Gao, Hanhong ; Hsieh, C. Max ; Zhang, Baile ; Sun, Handong ; Barbastathis, George
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We present the first ever design of bending adaptor based on transformation optics at near-infrared frequency (1550 nm). The Si-air nanograting structure with period <; 0.1 λ has sufficient anisotropy for light bending by 60°.
Keywords :
dielectric materials; diffraction gratings; infrared spectra; nanofabrication; nanostructured materials; Si; Si-air nanograting structure; anisotropy; dielectric nanostructured bending adaptor; light bending; near-infrared frequency; optical frequency; transformation optics; wavelength 1550 nm; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Etching; Nanostructures; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Silicon; bending adaptor; e-beam lithography; metamaterial; transformation optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Banff, AB
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1511-2
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318858
