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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 10 — May. 7, 2012
  • pp: 11046–11056

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Reconfigurable photonic crystal waveguides created by selective liquid infiltration

A. Casas Bedoya, P. Domachuk, C. Grillet, C. Monat, E.C. Mägi, E. Li, and B. J. Eggleton  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 10, pp. 11046-11056 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.011046


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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate reconfigurable photonic crystal waveguides created directly by infiltrating high refractive index (n≈2.01) liquids into selected air holes of a two-dimensional hexagonal periodic lattice in silicon. The resulting effective index contrast is large enough that a single row of infiltrated holes enables light propagation at near-infrared wavelengths. We include a detailed comparison between modeling and experimental results of single line defect waveguides and show how our infiltration procedure is reversible and repeatable. We achieve infiltration accuracy down to the single air hole level and demonstrate control on the volume of liquid infused into the holes by simply changing the infiltration velocity. This method is promising for achieving a wide range of targeted optical functionalities on a “blank” photonic crystal membrane that can be reconfigured on demand.

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OCIS Codes
(250.5300) Optoelectronics : Photonic integrated circuits
(350.4238) Other areas of optics : Nanophotonics and photonic crystals
(130.5296) Integrated optics : Photonic crystal waveguides
(230.5298) Optical devices : Photonic crystals

ToC Category:
Photonic Crystals

History
Original Manuscript: March 10, 2012
Revised Manuscript: April 14, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: April 19, 2012
Published: April 27, 2012

Citation
A. Casas Bedoya, P. Domachuk, C. Grillet, C. Monat, E.C. Mägi, E. Li, and B. J. Eggleton, "Reconfigurable photonic crystal waveguides created by selective liquid infiltration," Opt. Express 20, 11046-11056 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-10-11046


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