Photonic Crystal and Nanowire Combo Advances 'Photonic Integration'
Monday, April 3, 2017 - 12:02
in Physics & Chemistry
While bigger nanowires can improve light confinement and performance, it increases both energy consumption and device footprint -- both of which are considered "fatal" when it comes to integration. Addressing this problem, researchers came up with an approach that involves combining a sub-wavelength nanowire with a photonic crystal platform, which they report this week in the journal APL Photonics.