Diffractionless optical networking in an inverse opal photonic band gap micro-chip |
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Authors: | Alongkarn Chutinan Sajeev John |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 1A7 |
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Abstract: | We present a design for a photonic crystal (PC) all-optical micro-chip based on a three-dimensional (3D) inverse opal heterostructure intercalated with a two-dimensional (2D) triangular lattice photonic crystal slab. Within the 2D micro-chip layer, we demonstrate single-mode (diffractionless) waveguiding of light in air, throughout a bandwidth of more than 70 nm near 1.55 μm. This suggests that inverse opal photonic band gap (PBG) materials can facilitate on-chip optical networking functions over the telecommunication frequency band used in current-day optical fibers. |
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Keywords: | Photonic crystal heterostructures Photonic integrated circuits |
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