Abstract

We introduce a hyperuniform-disordered platform for the realization of near-infrared photonic devices on a silicon-on-insulator platform, demonstrating the functionality of these structures in a flexible silicon photonics integrated circuit platform unconstrained by crystalline symmetries. The designs proposed advantageously leverage the large, complete, and isotropic photonic band gaps provided by hyperuniform disordered structures. An integrated design for a compact, sub-volt, sub-fJ/bit, hyperuniform-clad, electrically controlled resonant optical modulator suitable for fabrication in the silicon photonics ecosystem is presented along with simulation results. We also report results for passive device elements, including waveguides and resonators, which are seamlessly integrated with conventional silicon-on-insulator strip waveguides and vertical couplers. We show that the hyperuniform-disordered platform enables improved compactness, enhanced energy efficiency, and better temperature stability compared to the silicon photonics devices based on rib and strip waveguides.

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Title
Hyperuniform disordered waveguides and devices for near infrared silicon photonics
Author
Milošević, Milan M 1 ; Man, Weining 2 ; Geev Nahal 2 ; Steinhardt, Paul J 3 ; Torquato, Salvatore 4 ; Chaikin, Paul M 5 ; Amoah, Timothy 6 ; Bowen, Yu 7 ; Mullen, Ruth Ann 8 ; Florescu, Marian 9 

 Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; Etaphase, Incorporated, Seattle, WA, USA 
 Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA; Etaphase, Incorporated, Seattle, WA, USA 
 Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA 
 Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA; Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA 
 Department of Physics, New York University, New York, NY, USA 
 Department of Physics and the Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK 
 Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA 
 Etaphase, Incorporated, Seattle, WA, USA 
 Department of Physics and the Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK; Etaphase, Incorporated, Seattle, WA, USA 
Pages
1-11
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Dec 2019
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2331420247
Copyright
© 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.