摘要:
A solar cell includes a photoactive region that receives light. A photonic crystal is coupled to the photoactive region, wherein the photonic crystal comprises a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) for trapping the light.
摘要:
A waveguide structure includes a core structure that has low index materials. A photonic crystal cladding structure utilized in guiding optical modes in the core. The photonic crystal cladding structure includes alternating layers of Si and Si3N4.
摘要翻译:波导结构包括具有低折射率材料的芯结构。 一种用于引导光纤模式的光子晶体包层结构。 光子晶体包层结构包括Si和Si 3 N 4 N 4的交替层。
摘要:
A solar cell includes a photoactive region that receives light. A photonic crystal is coupled to the photoactive region, wherein the photonic crystal comprises a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) for trapping the light.
摘要:
A photonic bandgap device includes a first mirror region including alternating layers of different materials. A second mirror region includes alternating layers of different materials. An air gap cavity region is positioned between the first mirror region and second region. The air gap cavity changes its thickness when a voltage is applied so that the device is tuned to a particular resonant wavelength.
摘要:
A fabrication method and materials produce high quality aperiodic photonic structures. Light emission can be activated by thermal annealing post growth treatments when thin film layers of SiO2 and SiNx or Si-rich oxide are used. From these aperiodic structures, that can be obtained in different vertical and planar device geometries, the presence of aperiodic order in a photonic device provides strong group velocity reduction (slow photons), enhanced light-matter interaction, light emission enhancement, gain enhancement, and/or nonlinear optical properties enhancement.
摘要翻译:制造方法和材料产生高质量的非周期光子结构。 当使用SiO 2和SiN x 3或富Si氧化物的薄膜层时,可以通过生长后处理进行热退火来激发发光。 从这些非周期结构可以在不同的垂直和平面器件几何形状中获得,光子器件中非周期性顺序的存在提供了强的组速度降低(慢光子),增强的光物质相互作用,光发射增强,增益增强和 /或非线性光学性能增强。
摘要:
A waveguide structure includes a core structure that has low index materials. A photonic crystal cladding structure utilized in guiding optical modes in the core. The photonic crystal cladding structure includes alternating layers of Si and Si3N4.
摘要翻译:波导结构包括具有低折射率材料的芯结构。 一种用于引导光纤模式的光子晶体包层结构。 光子晶体包层结构包括Si和Si 3 N 4 N 4的交替层。
摘要:
A method for making a waveguide comprises (a) providing a waveguide structure comprising a substrate (22), a lower cladding (20) layer on the substrate, and a core layer (24) comprising silicon nitride, amorphous silicon, or amorphous silicon-germanium alloy on the lower cladding layer; (b) patterning the core layer; and (c) annealing (28) the waveguide structure.
摘要:
A stack of semiconductor layers (310) forms a re-emitting semiconductor construction (RSC). The stack (310) includes an active region (316) that converts light at a first wavelength to light at a second wavelength, the active region (316) including at least one potential well. The stack (310) also includes an inactive region (318) extending from an outer surface of the stack to the active region. Depressions (326) are formed in the stack (310) that extend from the outer surface into the inactive region (318). An average depression depth is at least 50% of a thickness of the inactive region. Alternatively, the average depression depth is at least 50% of a nearest potential well distance. Still other alternative characterizations of the depressions (326) are also disclosed. The depressions (326) may have at least a 40% packing density in plan view. The depressions (326) may also have a substantial portion of their projected surface area associated with obliquely inclined surfaces.
摘要:
A method for making a waveguide comprises (a) providing a waveguide structure comprising a substrate (22), a lower cladding (20) layer on the substrate, and a core layer (24) comprising silicon nitride, amorphous silicon, or amorphous silicon-germanium alloy on the lower cladding layer; (b) patterning the core layer; and (c) annealing (28) the waveguide structure.
摘要:
An optical microresonator system and a sensor system incorporating same are disclosed. The optical microresonator system includes an optical waveguide and an optical microcavity that is optically coupled to the optical waveguide. The microcavity is capable of supporting primarily one or more resonant modes. The optical microresonator system further includes an optical microresonator that is optically coupled to the microcavity and is capable of supporting a resonant mode.