DocumentCode
421736
Title
Silicon void nano-waveguides for guiding and confining light
Author
Xu, Qianfan ; Almeida, Vilson R. ; Barrios, C.A. ; Paneoucci, R.R. ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
We present theoretical and experimental evidence of a novel wavelength-insensitive waveguide geometry for guiding and confining light in nanometer-wide low-index materials, based on the discontinuity of the electric field at high-index-contrast interfaces.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; nanostructured materials; optical materials; optical waveguide theory; refractive index; silicon; waveguide discontinuities; Si; electric field discontinuity; high-index-contrast interfaces; low-index materials; nanowaveguides;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1360971
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