Single-mode and single-polarization photonics with anchored-membrane waveguides
Abstract
An integrated photonic platform with anchored-membrane structures, the T-Guide, is proposed and numerically investigated. These compact air-clad structures have high index contrast and are much more stable than prior membrane-type structures. Their semi-infinite geometry enables single-mode and single-polarization (SMSP) operation over unprecedented bandwidths. Modal simulations quantify this behavior, showing that an SMSP window of 2.75 octaves (1.2 - 8.1 {\mu}m) is feasible for silicon T-Guides, spanning almost the entire transparency range of silicon. Dispersion engineering for T-Guides yields broad regions of anomalous group velocity dispersion, rendering them a promising platform for nonlinear applications, such as wideband frequency conversion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1606.06241,
title = {Single-mode and single-polarization photonics with anchored-membrane waveguides},
author = {Jeff Chiles and Sasan Fathpour},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.06241},
year = {2016}
}