• 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