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Silicon carbide photonic platform based on suspended subwavelength waveguides

Silicon carbide photonic platform based on suspended subwavelength waveguides
Silicon carbide photonic platform based on suspended subwavelength waveguides

Silicon carbide (SiC) displays a unique combination of optical and spin-related properties that make it interesting for photonics and quantum technologies. However, guiding light by total internal reflection can be difficult to achieve, especially when SiC is grown as thin films on higher index substrates, such as silicon. Fabricating suspended subwavelength waveguides requires a single lithography step and offers a solution to the confinement problem, while preserving the design flexibility required for a scalable and complete photonic platform. Here we present a design for such a platform, which can be used for both classical and quantum optics operation. We simulate basic optical components and analyze how to exploit the high nonlinearities of SiC and its defects.

0740-3224
3453-3460
Garrisi, Francesco
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Chatzopoulos, Ioannis
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Cernansky, Robert
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Politi, Alberto
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Garrisi, Francesco
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Cernansky, Robert
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Garrisi, Francesco, Chatzopoulos, Ioannis, Cernansky, Robert and Politi, Alberto (2020) Silicon carbide photonic platform based on suspended subwavelength waveguides. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 37 (11), 3453-3460. (doi:10.1364/JOSAB.403170).

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Abstract

Silicon carbide (SiC) displays a unique combination of optical and spin-related properties that make it interesting for photonics and quantum technologies. However, guiding light by total internal reflection can be difficult to achieve, especially when SiC is grown as thin films on higher index substrates, such as silicon. Fabricating suspended subwavelength waveguides requires a single lithography step and offers a solution to the confinement problem, while preserving the design flexibility required for a scalable and complete photonic platform. Here we present a design for such a platform, which can be used for both classical and quantum optics operation. We simulate basic optical components and analyze how to exploit the high nonlinearities of SiC and its defects.

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Accepted/In Press date: 16 September 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 17 September 2020
Published date: 1 November 2020
Additional Information: Funding Information: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P003710/1). Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Optical Society of America

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Local EPrints ID: 444327
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/444327
ISSN: 0740-3224
PURE UUID: 56cc3e0d-a32c-4d10-b4c4-8c0cbad6fc71
ORCID for Ioannis Chatzopoulos: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8107-6530
ORCID for Alberto Politi: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3668-9474

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Date deposited: 13 Oct 2020 16:38
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 05:57

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Author: Francesco Garrisi
Author: Ioannis Chatzopoulos ORCID iD
Author: Robert Cernansky
Author: Alberto Politi ORCID iD

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