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Analysis and design of a rib-like-based slot waveguide for nonlinear silicon nanophotonics |
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| Authors: | Amir Habibzadeh-Sharif Mohammad Soleimani |
| Affiliation: | 1. Electrical Engineering Department , Iran University of Science and Technology , Narmak, Tehran , Iran;2. Electrical Engineering Department , Sahand University of Technology , Sahand New Town, Tabriz , Iran sharif@iust.ac.ir;4. Electrical Engineering Department , Iran University of Science and Technology , Narmak, Tehran , Iran |
| Abstract: | Design of efficient nonlinear optical waveguides is an essential requirement for development of silicon nanophotonics. These waveguides should have a unique capability to play the main role in realization of both passive and active optical devices. A high-performance dielectric rib-like-based slot waveguide is proposed for nonlinear silicon nanophotonics. Its slot region can be filled with Si-nc:SiO2 which exhibits a high third-order nonlinear effect. Study of numerical results shows that this new slot waveguide has a nonlinear parameter of the same order of magnitude as an equally sized silicon nanophotonics strip-based slot waveguide. The new waveguide can be fabricated easily by etching a slot in the core region of the silicon-on-insulator (SOI)-based rib-like waveguide. |
| Keywords: | optical slot waveguide silicon nanophotonics nonlinear photonics integrated optics |