Enhanced electro-optical lithium niobate photonic crystal wire waveguide on a smart-cut thin film
Author(s) -
Huihui Lu,
B. Sadani,
Nadège Courjal,
Gwenn Ulliac,
Nathan Smith,
Vincent Stenger,
Manuel Collet,
Fadi Baida,
M.-P. Bernal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.002974
Subject(s) - lithium niobate , materials science , optics , optoelectronics , photonic crystal , waveguide , photonics , thin film , nonlinear optics , crystal (programming language) , laser , nanotechnology , physics , computer science , programming language
We report an electro-optically tunable photonic crystal linear cavity etched on a 200 nm lithium niobate waveguide ridge. The photonic crystal cavity and the ridge are both fabricated on a 1 μm thin film of lithium niobate obtained by smart-cut technology. The photonic crystal, of area 4x0.8 μm2, has been engineered to work in a slow light configuration so that the electro-optic effect is 20 times more important than in bulk material.
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