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Single-mode guiding properties of subwavelength-diameter silica and silicon wire waveguides

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Single-mode optical wave guiding properties of silica and silicon subwavelength-diameter wires are studied with exact solutions of Maxwell's equations. Single mode conditions, modal fields, power distribution, group velocities and waveguide dispersions are studied. It shows that air-clad subwavelength-diameter wires have interesting properties such as tight-confinement ability, enhanced evanescent fields and large waveguide dispersions that are very promising for developing future microphotonic devices with subwavelength-width structures.

Source: Optics Express

DOI: 10.1364/opex.12.001025

Authors: Limin Tong, Jingyi Lou, Eric Mazur

Institutions: Harvard University, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University

Language: English

Topic: Photonic and Optical Devices

Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,270

Funders: National Science Foundation, Harvard University, National Natural Science Foundation of China