High confinement in silicon slot waveguides with sharp bends

被引：97

作者：

Anderson, P. Andrew ^{[1
]}

Schmidt, Bradley S. ^{[1
]}

Lipson, Michal ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Cornell Univ, Sch Elect & Comp Engn, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2006年 / 14卷 / 20期

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D O I：

10.1364/OE.14.009197

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Slot waveguides allow for high optical confinement in a planar optical waveguide. Here we show a method for maintaining this high degree of confinement in slot waveguides with sharp bends. This high confinement can be achieved by using an asymmetric slot-based structure, where the mode in the bend remains localized in the slot region. We show that the relative power inside the slot can be as high as 28% for a 1 mu m radius bend in an air-clad silicon waveguide. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：9197 / 9202

页数：6

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