Enhanced electro-optical lithium niobate photonic crystal wire waveguide on a smart-cut thin film

Opt Express. 2012 Jan 30;20(3):2974-81. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.002974.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Crystallization
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Membranes, Artificial*
  • Niobium / chemistry*
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Oxides
  • Niobium
  • lithium niobate