Fabrication of digital planar holograms into high refractive index waveguide core for spectroscopy-on-chip applications

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 06FE01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cosimo Calò ◽  
Valeria Lacatena ◽  
Scott D. Dhuey ◽  
Stefano Cabrini ◽  
Sergey Babin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
On Chip ◽  
Waveguide Core

scholarly journals Broadband and Highly Directional Visible Light Scattering by Laser-Splashed Lossless TiO2 Nanoparticles

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (20) ◽  
pp. 6106
Author(s):  
Yinan Zhang ◽  
Shiren Chen ◽  
Jing Han
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Tio2 Nanoparticles ◽  
Silicon Germanium ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Photonic Devices ◽  
Forward Scattering ◽  
Visible Range ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Scattering Ratio ◽  
On Chip

All-dielectric nanoparticles, as the counterpart of metallic nanostructures have recently attracted significant interest in manipulating light-matter interaction at a nanoscale. Directional scattering, as an important property of nanoparticles, has been investigated in traditional high refractive index materials, such as silicon, germanium and gallium arsenide in a narrow band range. Here in this paper, we demonstrate that a broadband forward scattering across the entire visible range can be achieved by the low loss TiO2 nanoparticles with moderate refractive index. This mainly stems from the optical interferences between the broadband electric dipole and the magnetic dipole modes. The forward/backward scattering ratio reaches maximum value at the wavelengths satisfying the first Kerker’s condition. Experimentally, the femtosecond pulsed laser was employed to splash different-sized nanoparticles from a thin TiO2 film deposited on the glass substrate. Single particle scattering measurement in both the forward and backward direction was performed by a homemade confocal microscopic system, demonstrating the broadband forward scattering feature. Our research holds great promise for many applications such as light harvesting, photodetection and on-chip photonic devices and so on.

scholarly journals Lapping and Polishing of Crystalline KY(WO4)2: Toward High Refractive Index Contrast Slab Waveguides

Micromachines ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlijn van Emmerik ◽  
Roy Kooijman ◽  
Meindert Dijkstra ◽  
Sonia Garcia-Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Rare Earth Ion ◽  
Final Thickness ◽  
Power Efficient ◽  
Glass Substrates ◽  
Refractive Index Contrast ◽  
Double Tungstate ◽  
Index Contrast ◽  
On Chip

Rare-earth ion-doped potassium yttrium double tungstate, RE:KY(WO4)2, is a promising candidate for small, power-efficient, on-chip lasers and amplifiers. Thin KY(WO4)2-on-glass layers with thicknesses ranging between 0.9 and 1.6 μm are required to realize on-chip lasers based on high refractive index contrast waveguides operating between 1.55 and 3.00 µm. The crystalline nature of KY(WO4)2 makes the growth of thin, defect-free layers on amorphous glass substrates impossible. Heterogeneous integration is one of the promising approaches to achieve thin KY(WO4)2-on-glass layers. In this process, crystal samples, with a thickness of 1 mm, are bonded onto a glass substrate and thinned down with an extensive lapping and polishing procedure to the desired final thickness. In this study, a lapping and polishing process for KY(WO4)2 was developed toward the realization of integrated active optical devices in this material.

scholarly journals Ultra-High Refractive Index Sensing Structure Based on a Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguide-Coupled T-Shape Cavity with Metal Nanorod Defects

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan-Fong Chou Chau ◽  
Chung-Ting Chou Chao ◽  
Hung Ji Huang ◽  
N. T. R. N. Kumara ◽  
Chee Ming Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Rectangular Cavity ◽  
Cavity Resonance ◽  
Refractive Index Sensor ◽  
Metal Insulator ◽  
Refractive Index Sensing ◽  
Metal Insulator Metal ◽  
On Chip ◽  
Mim Waveguide

An ultra-high plasmonic refractive index sensing structure composed of a metal–insulator–metal (MIM) waveguide coupled to a T-shape cavity and several metal nanorod defects is proposed and investigated by using finite element method. The designed plasmonic MIM waveguide can constitute a cavity resonance zone and the metal nanorod defects can effectively trap the light in the T-shape cavity. The results reveal that both the size of defects in wider rectangular cavity and the length of narrower rectangular cavity are primary factors increasing the sensitivity performance. The sensitivity can achieve as high as 8280 nm/RIU (RIU denotes the refractive index unit), which is the highest sensitivity reported in plasmonic MIM waveguide-based sensors to our knowledge. In addition, the proposed structure can also serve as a temperature sensor with temperature sensitivity as high as 3.30 nm/°C. The designed structure with simplicity and ease of fabrication can be applied in sensitivity nanometer scale refractive index sensor and may potentially be used in optical on-chip nanosensor.

scholarly journals All-optical on-chip sensor for high refractive index sensing

2015 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 031116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yazhao Liu ◽  
H. W. M. Salemink
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Refractive Index Sensing ◽  
All Optical ◽  
On Chip

Accelerated Discovery of High-Refractive-Index Polyimides via First-Principles Molecular Modeling, Virtual High-Throughput Screening, and Data Mining

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Atif Faiz Afzal ◽  
Mojtaba Haghighatlari ◽  
Sai Prasad Ganesh ◽  
Chong Cheng ◽  
Johannes Hachmann
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
First Principles ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Computational Study ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Learning Program

<div>We present a high-throughput computational study to identify novel polyimides (PIs) with exceptional refractive index (RI) values for use as optic or optoelectronic materials. Our study utilizes an RI prediction protocol based on a combination of first-principles and data modeling developed in previous work, which we employ on a large-scale PI candidate library generated with the ChemLG code. We deploy the virtual screening software ChemHTPS to automate the assessment of this extensive pool of PI structures in order to determine the performance potential of each candidate. This rapid and efficient approach yields a number of highly promising leads compounds. Using the data mining and machine learning program package ChemML, we analyze the top candidates with respect to prevalent structural features and feature combinations that distinguish them from less promising ones. In particular, we explore the utility of various strategies that introduce highly polarizable moieties into the PI backbone to increase its RI yield. The derived insights provide a foundation for rational and targeted design that goes beyond traditional trial-and-error searches.</div>

Preparation and Characterization of Polyvinylidene Fluoride/ZrO2-TiO2 Optical Film with Wide Band Gap and High Refractive Index

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 671-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Qing ZHANG ◽  
Li-Li ZHAO ◽  
Shi-Long XU ◽  
Chao ZHANG ◽  
Xiao-Ying CHEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Polyvinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Wide Band Gap ◽  
Optical Film

Three-band perfect absorber with high refractive index sensing based on active tunable Dirac semimetal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyou Li ◽  
Zao Yi ◽  
Tinting Liu ◽  
Li Liu ◽  
Xifang Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Gold Layer ◽  
Perfect Absorber ◽  
Refractive Index Sensing ◽  
Dirac Semimetal

In this paper, we designed a three-band narrowband perfect absorber based on Bulk Dirac semimetallic (BDS) metamaterials. The absorber consists of a hollow Dirac semimetallic layer above, a gold layer...

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