Optical Materials and Applications

7 Materials forNanophotonics

Kiyoshi Asakawa

Contents

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Photonic Crystal Materials

7.2.1 Introduction

7.2.2 Fundamental Properties of Photonic Crystals

7.2.2.1 Band Diagram

7.2.2.2 Classification of One-Dimensional to Three-Dimensional Structures

7.2.2.3 Applications

7.2.3 Fabrication of Photonic Crystal (PC) Waveguides

7.2.3.1 Auto-Cloned Photonic Crystal (PC) Structure

7.2.3.2 Air-Bridge PC Waveguide

7.2.3.3 Design and Characterization of Photonic Crystal Waveguides

7.2.3.4 Applications

7.3 Quantum Dot Materials

7.3.1 Introduction

7.3.2 Fundamental Technologies of Quantum Dot (QD) Growth in the Photonic Integrated Circuit

7.3.3 Site-Controlled Quantum Dots

7.3.3.1 Quantum Dots on Patterned Substrate

7.3.3.2 Quantum Dots ...