Characterisation of chalcogenide 2D photonic crystal waveguides and nanocavities using silica fibre nanowires

Smith, Cameron L C; Grillet, Christian; Tomiljenovic-Hanic, Snjezana; Magi, Eric; Moss, D J; Eggleton, Benjamin J; Freeman, Darren; Madden, Steve; Luther-Davies, Barry

Characterisation of chalcogenide 2D photonic crystal waveguides and nanocavities using silica fibre nanowires

Date

2007

Authors

Smith, Cameron L C

Grillet, Christian

Tomiljenovic-Hanic, Snjezana

Magi, Eric

Moss, D J

Eggleton, Benjamin J

Freeman, Darren

Madden, Steve

Luther-Davies, Barry

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We describe the fabrication of low-loss, highly flexible silica fibre nanowires which are used to characterise chalcogenide two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguide circuits and nanocavities. Localised coupling is achieved in good agreement with theory. Crown