Abstract

We characterize optical wave propagation along line defects in two-dimensional arrays of air-holes in free-standing silicon slabs. The fabricated waveguides contain random variations in orientation of the photonic lattice elements which perturb the in-plane translational symmetry. The vertical slab symmetry is also broken by a tilt of the etched sidewalls. We discuss how these lattice imperfections affect out-of-plane scattering losses and introduce a mechanism for high-Q cavity excitation related to polarization mixing.

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History
Original Manuscript: March 20, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: June 30, 2009
Revised Manuscript: June 17, 2009
Published: July 8, 2009

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Author Affiliations

Rob Ilic

Cornell NanoScale Facility, Department of Applied Physics and Field of Biophysics, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY 14853, USA

Michael Crescimanno

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555, USA

Frank Vollmer

Rowland Institute at Harvard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA

Juraj Topolancik

Rowland Institute at Harvard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02142, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA

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