Md Saad-bin-Alam, M. Huttunen, K. Tsakmakidis, K. Dolgaleva
{"title":"Predicting the optical response of plasmonic metamolecules using equivalent circuit models","authors":"Md Saad-bin-Alam, M. Huttunen, K. Tsakmakidis, K. Dolgaleva","doi":"10.1109/PN.2017.8090553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2017.8090553","url":null,"abstract":"Metamaterials provide functionalities that are not present in naturally occurring materials, including negative refraction, super-lenses or hyper-lens, cloaking, and ultraslow and stopped light [1-5]. Usually, both the electric permittivity and the magnetic permeability need to be controlled to realize metamaterials.","PeriodicalId":153736,"journal":{"name":"2017 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126686320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quaternary III-V semiconductor compounds for integrated nonlinear optics","authors":"Shayan Saeidi, Kashif M. Awan, K. Dolgaleva","doi":"10.1109/PN.2017.8090598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2017.8090598","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we propose several designs for integrated waveguides based on quaternary III-V semiconductor compounds InGaAsP (on InP substrate) and AlGaAsSb (on GaSb substrate), and report on their fabrication and optical characterization. III-V semiconductor compounds tend to exhibit strong nonlinearities; these typically come along with undesirable effects such as nonlinear absorption. In quaternary III-V compounds, one has a good control over this characteristic. For instance, by shifting the band-gap wavelength through adjusting the material composition, one can change the range of wavelengths that can experience two-photon absorption. Therefore, it would be possible to minimize the losses due to nonlinear absorption [1]. Based on the possible band-gap wavelength and refractive index ranges that can be achieved in these two compounds, one can expect that both InGaAsP and AlGaAsSb waveguides can be suitable for wide-range wavelength conversion. InGaAsP waveguides can, for example, be co-integrated with InGaAsP laser sources to extend their operation ranges to longer wavelengths (2 μm and beyond). The properties of AlGaAsSb, on the other hand, allow passive waveguide devices operating in the Telecom C-band.","PeriodicalId":153736,"journal":{"name":"2017 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114225802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discretely Wavelength-Tunable Nd:GdVO4 Laser","authors":"M. Nadimi, T. Waritanant, A. Major","doi":"10.1109/PN.2017.8090601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2017.8090601","url":null,"abstract":"Discrete wavelength operation of a diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser at 1063.2 nm, 1070.8 nm, 1082.5 nm and 1086.2 nm was demonstrated using a single birefringent filter plate.","PeriodicalId":153736,"journal":{"name":"2017 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131394418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maude Amyot-Bourgeois, E. Keshmarzi, R. Tait, P. Berini
{"title":"Gain and bleaching investigation of IR-140 doped PMMA","authors":"Maude Amyot-Bourgeois, E. Keshmarzi, R. Tait, P. Berini","doi":"10.1109/PN.2017.8090608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2017.8090608","url":null,"abstract":"Material gain of IR-140 doped PMMA thin films on silica was optimized. A polarization study showed no polarization dependence for the slab mode. Possible factors of rapid bleaching of the films, such as film thickness, pump intensity, oxidation and thermal damage were investigated.","PeriodicalId":153736,"journal":{"name":"2017 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115513334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Nadovich, W. Jemison, Derek J. Kosciolek, D. Crouse
{"title":"Apodization design for the focused forked grating coupler","authors":"C. Nadovich, W. Jemison, Derek J. Kosciolek, D. Crouse","doi":"10.1109/PN.2017.8090604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2017.8090604","url":null,"abstract":"The Forked Grating Coupler (FGC) is a novel silicon photonics device that can interface with Optical Vortex (OV) light beams. First generation FGC devices had long adiabatic feed tapers and flat-amplitude grating apodization functions. This resulted in an inconveniently large device with degraded OV mode fidelity. New designs have been developed with a focused forked gratings allowing size to be reduced significantly. In addition, a Hamming apodization improves vortex mode fidelity within the constraint of a short focal length.","PeriodicalId":153736,"journal":{"name":"2017 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116195978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qiankun Liu, J. Ramírez, V. Vakarin, D. Pérez-Galacho, C. Alonso‐Ramos, L. Vivien, D. Marris-Morini, J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, G. Isella
{"title":"Design of mid-IR integrated cavity based on Ge-rich graded SiGe waveguides","authors":"Qiankun Liu, J. Ramírez, V. Vakarin, D. Pérez-Galacho, C. Alonso‐Ramos, L. Vivien, D. Marris-Morini, J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, G. Isella","doi":"10.1109/PN.2017.8090609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2017.8090609","url":null,"abstract":"A promising design for novel mid-infrared integrated Fabry-Perot cavities based on Bragg grating is presented. These cavities show good potential for several applications, including sensing, optical metrology, thermal imaging or free-space communications.","PeriodicalId":153736,"journal":{"name":"2017 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116375295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"3-D microcavities in on-chip hollow waveguides using cutoff-based mirrors","authors":"M. Bitarafan, R. DeCorby","doi":"10.1109/PN.2017.8090579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2017.8090579","url":null,"abstract":"Hollow-core waveguides are promising candidates for strong interactions between single photons and atoms, owing to their ability to simultaneously confine light and gas-phase media within the same small area, thereby providing long interaction times [1]. Incorporation of mirrors and cavities into hollow-waveguides could further enhance these functionalities, by introducing 3-dimensional (3-D) confinement options. It is challenging to implement conventional axial reflectors (e.g. Bragg gratings, photonic crystals) within hollow-core waveguides [2]. Here, we describe an alternative method that employs mode cut-off sections as axial reflectors; these cut-off sections can be used as mirrors in the formation of 3-D hollow-waveguide-based microcavities. We furthermore show that a thin film buckling process [3] provides a straightforward means to fabricate the proposed structures.","PeriodicalId":153736,"journal":{"name":"2017 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127025881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guided-mode resonance device technology: Design, fabrication, applications and prospects","authors":"R. Magnusson, Y. Ko","doi":"10.1109/PN.2017.8090607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2017.8090607","url":null,"abstract":"We review principles and applications of nanophotonic devices based on the guided-mode resonance effect in thin periodic films. We discuss design and optimization with rigorous mathematical methods and review typical fabrication processes. Theoretical and experimental results for numerous prototype devices are provided. These include wideband reflectors, nonfocusing spatial filters, ultra-sparse reflectors and polarizers, single-layer bandpass filters, and resonant sensors. Inherent modal dynamics allow facile manipulation of resonant amplitudes, phase, polarization, and spectral bandwidth. This enables design of robust devices with minimal layer count. The guided-mode resonance concept applies in all spectral regions, from the visible to the microwave domain, with available low-loss materials.","PeriodicalId":153736,"journal":{"name":"2017 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121456968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mid-IR supercontinuum source: A simple approach","authors":"S. Thomas, Q. Goher, P. Long","doi":"10.1109/PN.2017.8090605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2017.8090605","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a mid-infrared supercontinuum source based on non-linear spectral broadening and thulium-holmium co-doped fiber amplification.","PeriodicalId":153736,"journal":{"name":"2017 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127830908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A compact and broadband Y-splitter to interface with slot waveguides","authors":"Devika Padmakumar Nair, M. Ménard","doi":"10.1109/PN.2017.8090597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2017.8090597","url":null,"abstract":"We present a compact slot waveguide Y-junction that enables the implementation of complex devices for switching, modulation, and sensing. The proposed structure can efficiently interface strip and slot waveguides without requiring an adiabatic transition region.","PeriodicalId":153736,"journal":{"name":"2017 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117046492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}