Isotropic band gaps, optical cavities, and freeform waveguides in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids

Marian Florescu; Weining Man; Ruth Ann Mullen; Milan M. Milosevic; Timothy Amoah; Paul M. Chaikin; Salvatore Torquato; Paul Steinhardt

doi:10.1117/12.2060683

12 September 2014 Isotropic band gaps, optical cavities, and freeform waveguides in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids

Marian Florescu, Weining Man, Ruth Ann Mullen, Milan M. Milosevic, Timothy Amoah, Paul M. Chaikin, Salvatore Torquato, Paul Steinhardt

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Proceedings Volume 9162, Active Photonic Materials VI; 91620G (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2060683
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Hyperuniform disordered solids are a new class of designer photonic materials with large isotropic band gaps comparable to those found in photonic crystals. The hyperuniform disordered materials are statistically isotropic and possess a controllable constrained randomness. We have employed their unique properties to introduce novel architectures for optical cavities that achieve an ultimate isotropic confinement of radiation, and waveguides with arbitrary bending angles. Our experiments demonstrate low-loss waveguiding in submicron scale Si-based hyperuniform structures operating at infrared wavelengths and open the way for the realization of highly flexible, disorder-insensitive optical micro-circuit platforms.

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Marian Florescu, Weining Man, Ruth Ann Mullen, Milan M. Milosevic, Timothy Amoah, Paul M. Chaikin, Salvatore Torquato, and Paul Steinhardt "Isotropic band gaps, optical cavities, and freeform waveguides in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids", Proc. SPIE 9162, Active Photonic Materials VI, 91620G (12 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2060683

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