Near-Infrared and Optical Beam Steering and Frequency Splitting in Air-Holes-in-Silicon Inverse Photonic Crystals
Abstract
Here, we present the design of a dielectric inverse photonic crystal structure that couples line-defect waveguide propagating modes into highly directional beams of controllable directionality. The structure utilizes a triangular lattice made of air holes drilled in an infinitely thick Si slab, and it is designed for operation in the near-infrared and optical regime. The structure operation is based on the excitation and manipulation of dark dielectric surface states, in particular on the tailoring of the dark states’ coupling to outgoing radiation. This coupling is achieved with the use of properly designed external corrugations. The structure adapts and matches modes that travel through the photonic crystal and the free space. Moreover it facilitates the steering of the outgoing waves, is found to generate well-defined, spatially and spectrally isolated beams, and may serve as a frequency splitting component designed for operation in the near-infrared regime and in particular the telecom optical wavelength band. The design complies with the state-of-the-art Si nanofabrication technology and can be directly scaled for operation in the optical regime.
- Authors:
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, FORTH, 71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, FORTH, 71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, 71003, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, FORTH, 71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1423696
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1399580; OSTI ID: 1507997
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-9467
Journal ID: ISSN 2330-4022
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358; 320081
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Published Article
- Journal Name:
- ACS Photonics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: ACS Photonics Journal Volume: 4 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2330-4022
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; beam steering; dielectric media; directional emission; frequency splitting; photonic crystals; surface states
Citation Formats
Tasolamprou, Anna C., Koschny, Thomas, Kafesaki, Maria, and Soukoulis, Costas M. Near-Infrared and Optical Beam Steering and Frequency Splitting in Air-Holes-in-Silicon Inverse Photonic Crystals. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00739.
Tasolamprou, Anna C., Koschny, Thomas, Kafesaki, Maria, & Soukoulis, Costas M. Near-Infrared and Optical Beam Steering and Frequency Splitting in Air-Holes-in-Silicon Inverse Photonic Crystals. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00739
Tasolamprou, Anna C., Koschny, Thomas, Kafesaki, Maria, and Soukoulis, Costas M. 2017.
"Near-Infrared and Optical Beam Steering and Frequency Splitting in Air-Holes-in-Silicon Inverse Photonic Crystals". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00739.
@article{osti_1423696,
title = {Near-Infrared and Optical Beam Steering and Frequency Splitting in Air-Holes-in-Silicon Inverse Photonic Crystals},
author = {Tasolamprou, Anna C. and Koschny, Thomas and Kafesaki, Maria and Soukoulis, Costas M.},
abstractNote = {Here, we present the design of a dielectric inverse photonic crystal structure that couples line-defect waveguide propagating modes into highly directional beams of controllable directionality. The structure utilizes a triangular lattice made of air holes drilled in an infinitely thick Si slab, and it is designed for operation in the near-infrared and optical regime. The structure operation is based on the excitation and manipulation of dark dielectric surface states, in particular on the tailoring of the dark states’ coupling to outgoing radiation. This coupling is achieved with the use of properly designed external corrugations. The structure adapts and matches modes that travel through the photonic crystal and the free space. Moreover it facilitates the steering of the outgoing waves, is found to generate well-defined, spatially and spectrally isolated beams, and may serve as a frequency splitting component designed for operation in the near-infrared regime and in particular the telecom optical wavelength band. The design complies with the state-of-the-art Si nanofabrication technology and can be directly scaled for operation in the optical regime.},
doi = {10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00739},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1423696},
journal = {ACS Photonics},
issn = {2330-4022},
number = 11,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Oct 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Oct 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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