Non-utopian optical properties computed of a tomographically reconstructed real photonic nanostructure

LJC Van Willenswaard, S Smeets, N Renaud… - Optics express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
State-of-the-art computational methods combined with common idealized structural models
provide an incomplete understanding of experimental observations on real nanostructures …

Efficient light couplers to topological slow light waveguides in valley photonic crystals

H Yoshimi, T Yamaguchi, S Ishida, Y Ota… - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We numerically and experimentally demonstrate efficient light couplers between topological
slow light waveguides in valley photonic crystals (VPhCs) and wire waveguides. By …

Wide-mode-area slow light waveguides in valley photonic crystal heterostructures

C Zhang, Y Ota, S Iwamoto - Optical Materials Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We designed slow-light waveguides with a wide mode area based on slab-type valley
photonic crystal (VPhC) heterostructures which are composed of a graphene-like PhC …