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- Benisty, H., et al.
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Low-loss photonic-crystal and monolithic InP integration : Bands, bends, lasers, filters
- 2004
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Ingår i: Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices II. - : SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. - 0819452688 ; , s. 119-128
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Practical realizations of 2D (planar) photonics crystal (PhC) are either on a membrane or etched through a conventional heterostructure. While fascinating objects can emerge from the first approach, only the latter approach lends itself to a progressive integration of more compact PhC's towards monolithic PICs based on InP. We describe in this talk the various aspects from technology to functions and devices, as emerged from the European collaboration "PCIC". The main technology tour de force is deep-etching with aspect ratio of about 10 and vertical sidewall, achieved by three techniques (CAIBE, ICP-RIE, ECR-RIE). The basic functions explored are bends, splitters/combiners, mirrors, tapers, and the devices are filters and lasers. At the end of the talk, I will emphasize some positive aspects of "broad" multimode PhC waveguides, in view of compact add-drop filtering action, notably.
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- Benisty, H., et al.
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Models and measurements for the transmission of submicron-width waveguide bends defined in two-dimensional photonic crystals
- 2002
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Ingår i: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. - 0018-9197 .- 1558-1713. ; 38:7, s. 770-785
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- One of the essential building-blocks of miniature photonic crystal (PC)-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs) is the sharp bend. Our group has focused on the 2-D photonic crystal based on a triangular lattice of holes perforating a standard heterostructure. The latter, GaAlAs-based or InP-based, is vertically a monomode waveguide. We consider essentially one or two 60 bends defined by one to five missing rows, spanning both cases of monomode and multimode channel waveguides. From intensive modeling and various experimental measurements (both on GaAs and InP), we point out the origin of the present level of bend insertion losses and discuss the merits of the many roads open for improved design.
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- Talneau, A., et al.
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Modal behavior of single-line photonic crystal guiding structures on InP substrate
- 2004
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Ingår i: Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications. - : Elsevier BV. - 1569-4410 .- 1569-4429. ; 2:1, s. 1-10
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have experimentally investigated the modal behaviour and the polarization dependence of the transmission through single-missing-row photonic crystal (PC) straight guides, bends and combiners, fabricated on InP substrate. A photonic crystal-based taper has been included to funnel light in these strongly confined structures. Two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulations have been performed and favorably compared with the measurements. It is found that the scattering process occurring at a bend/combiner transition plays a key role on the overall transmission.
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- Tassin, Philippe, 1982, et al.
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A comparison of graphene, superconductors and metals as conductors for metamaterials and plasmonics
- 2012
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Ingår i: Nature Photonics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1749-4885 .- 1749-4893. ; 6:4, s. 259-264
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recent advancements in metamaterials and plasmonics have promised a number of exciting applications, in particular at terahertz and optical frequencies. Unfortunately, the noble metals used in these photonic structures are not particularly good conductors at high frequencies, resulting in significant dissipative loss. Here, we address the question of what is a good conductor for metamaterials and plasmonics. For resonant metamaterials, we develop a figure-of-merit for conductors that allows for a straightforward classification of conducting materials according to the resulting dissipative loss in the metamaterial. Application of our method predicts that graphene and high-T c superconductors are not viable alternatives for metals in metamaterials. We also provide an overview of a number of transition metals, alkali metals and transparent conducting oxides. For plasmonic systems, we predict that graphene and high-Tc superconductors cannot outperform gold as a platform for surface plasmon polaritons, because graphene has a smaller propagation length-to-wavelength ratio.
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