Title :
Silicon nanowire optical waveguide (SNOW)
Author :
Khorasaninejad, Mohammadreza ; Saini, Simarjeet Singh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a novel optical waveguide consisting of ordered or random arrays of silicon nanowires to take advantage of increased optical interactions in nanowire regime while maintaining high optical confinement.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; optical confinement; optical interactions; ordered arrays; random arrays; silicon nanowire optical waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698952
