Ultrasharp edge filtering in nanotethered photonic wires
Author(s) -
A. Talneau,
I. Sagnes,
Thomas Gabet,
Yves Jaouën,
H. Benisty
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.3513279
Subject(s) - optics , resonator , reflectometry , materials science , photonics , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , transfer matrix method (optics) , transverse plane , reflection (computer programming) , photonic crystal , optoelectronics , physics , telecommunications , computer science , engineering , time domain , structural engineering , computer vision , programming language
International audienceWithin a suspended photonic wire, the periodically-spaced nanotethers sustaining the wire can behave as damped transverse resonators that interact with the partially reflecting effect of the wire-tether intersection, and thus modify the Bragg reflection mechanism. This specific resonant mechanism is explored using a transfer matrix model, and is shown to result in an ultrasharp filter edge. This sharp behavior is evidenced experimentally on 300-400-nm-wide InP suspended wires through transmission data and further consolidated by optical low coherence reflectometry time-frequency analysis
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