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Large-bandwidth ultra-low-loss guiding in bi-periodic photonic crystal waveguides

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For the first time, we experimentally demonstrate ultra-low-loss guiding in bi-periodic photonic crystal waveguides over a large bandwidth of more than 60 nm. In such bi-periodic waveguides, we achieve a propagation loss very similar to that of a dielectric ridge waveguide, which indicates that the dominant loss mechanism in these bi-periodic waveguides is due to fabrication imperfections.

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  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0259, USA

    A. Jafarpour, C.M. Reinke, J. Huang & A. Adibi

  2. Agilent Technologies Inc., 3500 Deer Creek Rd., Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA

    E. Chow, A. Grot, L.W. Mirkarimi & G. Girolami

  3. Department of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA

    R.K. Lee & Y. Xu

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Jafarpour, A., Chow, E., Reinke, C. et al. Large-bandwidth ultra-low-loss guiding in bi-periodic photonic crystal waveguides. Appl. Phys. B 79, 409–414 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-004-1588-1

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