• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 7, Issue 2, 240 (2019)
Ran Hao1、2、*, Gaoyang Ye1, Jianyao Jiao1, and Erping Li1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro/Nano Electronic Devices & Smart Systems and Applications, College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 2Zhejiang University—University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign Institute, Zhejiang University, Haining 314400, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.7.000240 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ran Hao, Gaoyang Ye, Jianyao Jiao, Erping Li. Increasing the bandwidth of slow light in fishbone-like grating waveguides[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(2): 240 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Schematic picture of the proposed FBGW; (b) SEM picture of the top view of the FBGW. Insets show the amplified picture of the red rectangle area.
    Fig. 1. (a) Schematic picture of the proposed FBGW; (b) SEM picture of the top view of the FBGW. Insets show the amplified picture of the red rectangle area.
    Band variation with (a) h1 (h2=a, h3=1.85a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a); (b) h2 (h1=1.7a, h3=1.85a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a); (c) h3 (h1=1.7a, h2=0.85a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a); (d) w1 (h1=1.85a, h2=a, h3=1.85a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a); (e) w2 (h1=1.85a, h2=a, h3=1.85a, w1=0.52a, w3=0.68a); (f) w3 (h1=1.85a, h2=a, h3=1.85a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a).
    Fig. 2. Band variation with (a) h1 (h2=a, h3=1.85a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a); (b) h2 (h1=1.7a, h3=1.85a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a); (c) h3 (h1=1.7a, h2=0.85a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a); (d) w1 (h1=1.85a, h2=a, h3=1.85a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a); (e) w2 (h1=1.85a, h2=a, h3=1.85a, w1=0.52a, w3=0.68a); (f) w3 (h1=1.85a, h2=a, h3=1.85a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a).
    (a) Band diagram for the 1D fishbone grating waveguide; the inset pictures are the electric fields of A and B, respectively; (b) group index ng (for different flat band) versus the wavelength (red line: h1=1.7a, h2=0.85a, h3=1.75a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a; blue line: h1=1.85a, h2=a, h3=1.85a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a; black line: h1=1.9a, h2=a, h3=1.85a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a).
    Fig. 3. (a) Band diagram for the 1D fishbone grating waveguide; the inset pictures are the electric fields of A and B, respectively; (b) group index ng (for different flat band) versus the wavelength (red line: h1=1.7a, h2=0.85a, h3=1.75a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a; blue line: h1=1.85a, h2=a, h3=1.85a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a; black line: h1=1.9a, h2=a, h3=1.85a, w1=0.52a, w2=0.8a, w3=0.68a).
    (a) Temporal pulse detected at the input and the output; (b) simulated transmission of different periods, the inset is the SEM image of the step taper.
    Fig. 4. (a) Temporal pulse detected at the input and the output; (b) simulated transmission of different periods, the inset is the SEM image of the step taper.
    (a) Schematic of the experimental setup. Inset pictures are SEM images of the grating coupler. In addition, we utilize a tunable laser (TL) source, a polarization controller (PC), a data analyzer (DA), and an optical spectrum analyzer (OSA). (b) Measured transmission and group index as functions of wavelength; (c) group index (from both simulation and experiment) as a function of wavelength.
    Fig. 5. (a) Schematic of the experimental setup. Inset pictures are SEM images of the grating coupler. In addition, we utilize a tunable laser (TL) source, a polarization controller (PC), a data analyzer (DA), and an optical spectrum analyzer (OSA). (b) Measured transmission and group index as functions of wavelength; (c) group index (from both simulation and experiment) as a function of wavelength.
    Ran Hao, Gaoyang Ye, Jianyao Jiao, Erping Li. Increasing the bandwidth of slow light in fishbone-like grating waveguides[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(2): 240
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