Efficient coupling to chalcogenide glass photonic crystal waveguides via silica optical fiber nanowires.

نویسندگان

  • Christian Grillet
  • Cameron Smith
  • Darren Freeman
  • Steve Madden
  • Barry Luther-Davies
  • Eric Magi
  • David Moss
  • Benjamin Eggleton
چکیده

We demonstrate highly efficient evanescent coupling between a highly nonlinear chalcogenide glass two dimensional photonic crystal waveguide and a silica fiber nanowire. We achieve 98% insertion efficiency to the fundamental photonic crystal waveguide mode with a 3dB coupling bandwidth of 12nm, in good agreement with theory. This scheme provides a promising platform to realize low power nanocavity based all-optical switching and logic functions.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics express

دوره 14 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006