Citation:
L. Tong, J. Lou, and E. Mazur. 2004. “Single-mode guiding properties of subwavelength-diameter silica and silicon wire waveguides.” Opt. Express, 12, Pp. 1025–1035. Publisher's Version
Abstract:
Single-mode optical wave guiding properties of silica and silicon subwavelength-diameter wires are studied with exact solutions of Maxwells equations. Single mode conditions, modal fields, power distribution, group velocities and waveguide dispersions are studied. It shows that air-clad subwavelength-diameter wires have interesting properties such as tight-confinement ability, enhanced evanescent fields and large waveguide dispersions that are very promising for developing future microphotonic devices with subwavelength-width structures.See also: Silica nanowires