High-contrast gratings as a new platform for integrated optoelectronics

A new concept of dielectric subwavelength grating has emerged. This grating leverages a high contrast in refractive indices for the grating medium and its surroundings. We will discuss how high-index-contrast grating (HCG) can manipulate light to achieve various extraordinary properties. We will discuss various designs to yield broadband, high-reflectivity mirrors for light incident in surface-normal direction and at a glancing angle, ultra high-Q resonators with surface-normal output, planar high focusing power reflectors and lenses, and ultralow loss hollow-core waveguides. The HCG will be a new, promising platform for integrated optics with applications for lasers, filters, waveguides, sensors and detectors.

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