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- the present invention relates to optical devices incorporating a localising region which strongly localises photons.
- Lasers work on the principle of stimulated emission. This requires light of the correct frequency to impinge on excited atoms in the lasing region. In order to get an efficient laser the light must stimulate emission from as many of the excited atoms as possible. Conventionally, this is achieved by using a resonant cavity with mirrored ends so that the stimulating light undergoes multiple reflections and makes multiple passes of the lasing region.
- Random media such as a powdered lasing glass. Random media of this sort give rise to strong scattering and interference which can act to trap light or at least strongly localise it. The multiple scattering events can be used to stimulate many atoms in a single pass of the material. It is therefore possible to use such random media in lasers.
- an optical device includes an optically localising region comprising a first region having a first refractive index and an array of sub-regions having a second refractive index, the array having a pinwheel tiling structure defined by a plurality of similar triangles, such that the sub-regions in the array are positioned at vertices of the triangles defining the pinwheel tiling structure.
- Pinwheel tiling in a plane is well known in the field of mathematics, and in particular the field of a periodic tiling, and is sometimes referred to as a Conway decomposition. Further detail on pinwheel tiling in the plane can be found in “The pinwheel tilings of the plane” by Charles Radin, Annals of Math. 139(1994), 661-702.
- light passing through the optical device is localised by multiple scattering events within the localising region.
- the localising region is isotropic so that transmission is the same in all directions and strong localisation occurs for a relatively broad band of frequencies. This is beneficial in a number of applications.
- using a pinwheel structure ensures that the structure can be replicated and that there is always a set minimum spacing between the sub-regions. This is not the case for random structures, which can include undesirable overlapping of sub-regions. If the sub-regions overlap, the shape of the sub-regions are distorted and are difficult to define.
- the localising region is formed in a planar waveguide structure.
- the array of sub-regions comprises a plurality of holes which are formed in the first material.
- the first region is formed from a luminescent material.
- the optical device is a laser device with the localising region formed in a lasing cavity.
- the laser device may be a planar waveguide structure including a cladding layer and a core layer with the pinwheel tiling structure etched through the cladding layer and the core layer.
- the lasing cavity includes lasing mirrors at opposite ends.
- the lasing mirrors may be formed by slots cut into the core and the cladding or may be external mirrors. Lateral confinement can also be provided by slots cut into the core and the cladding.
- lasing mirrors and lateral confinement can be provided by an array of external sub-regions formed in the waveguide core, the array of external sub-regions giving rise to a photonic bandgap.
- the external array can be a 1-dimensional array of slots cut into the core or may be a 2-dimensional array.
- the external array includes a defect giving rise to a narrow pass band within the photonic bandgap.
- the first region is formed of an optically nonlinear material.
- the optical device further comprises an optical input and an optical output, wherein the optically localising region exhibits a photonic bandgap, the wavelength range of the photonic bandgap being dependent on the refractive index of the first region.
- the optical device may be used as a dock, wherein an optical signal of constant amplitude having a wavelength lying inside the bandgap is incident on the optically localising region and is localised thereby; and wherein a change in refractive index of the first region, caused by an accumulation of the localised optical signal, causes the bandgap to change such that the optical signal lies outside the band gap.
- the optical device may alternatively be a switch and include an optical data input, an optical data output and a control input, wherein, in use, a control signal effecting a change in refractive index of the first region is input via the control input so as to alter the photonic bandgap, to control whether or not the optical data signal is able to pass from the optical data input through the localising region to the optical data output.
- the control signal is preferably an optical signal but may be an electrical signal, a magnetic signal or an acoustic signal.
- the optical device may be used as an optical absorber over a range of wavelengths.
- a method of processing an optical signal comprises the step of passing the optical signal through an optical device including an optically localising region comprising a first region having a first refractive index and an array of sub-regions having a second refractive index, the array having a pinwheel tiling structure defined by a plurality of similar triangles, such that the sub-regions in the array are positioned at vertices of the triangles defining the pinwheel tiling structure.
- the first region may be formed from a nonlinear material, the method further comprising the step of applying a control signal to the optically localising region to affect its optical response.
- the optically localising region has a photonic bandgap and the optical signal is of constant amplitude having a wavelength lying inside the bandgap then the method could be used to produce a clock signal.
- a change in refractive index of the first region, caused by an accumulation of the localised optical signal, causes the bandgap to change such that the optical signal lies outside the band gap, giving rise to a pulsed output signal.
- the method is also applicable to lasing and amplifying applications when the first region is formed from a luminescent material.
- a method of manufacturing an optical device including an optically localising region comprises the steps of:
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a planar photonic crystal with a pinwheel structure in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 2 shows a pinwheel tiling structure in more detail
- FIG. 3 shows a laser design according to one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 a shows a laser design according to a second embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 4 b shows the laser of FIG. 4 a in an integrated optical circuit
- FIG. 5 shows a laser design according to a third embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 6 shows a laser design in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 a shows an amplifier in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 b shows the amplifier of FIG. 7 a in an integrated optical circuit
- FIG. 8 a shows a switch in accordance with a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 b shows the switch of FIG. 8 a in an integrated optical circuit:
- FIG. 9 a shows a clock in accordance with a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 b shows the clock of FIG. 9 a in an integrated optical circuit
- FIG. 10 shows an absorber in accordance with an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 shows an alternative application of the absorber of FIG. 10.
- Planar photonic bandgap structures are known in the art and have been used for the construction of waveguides in integrated optical circuits. Planar photonic bandgap structures can be provided by forming a lattice of holes in a dielectric substrate. The geometry of the lattice and the properties of the dielectric material determine a photonic band structure for the device. WO98/53551 describes planar photonic band structures of this type and how they can be produced. WO01/77726 describes particular quasiperiodic geometries for the lattice of holes in these structures.
- FIG. 1 A lattice of holes formed in a dielectric substrate in a pinwheel tiling structure is shown schematically in FIG. 1.
- the pinwheel tiling is explained in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.
- the pinwheel tiling structure is formed from a right-angled triangle 1 having side lengths in the ratio 1:2: ⁇ square root ⁇ 5. This triangle can be divided into 5 smaller, similar triangles 2 in a unique way as shown. Similar in this context means that the internal angles of the triangles are identical but the length of the sides may be different
- Each of the smaller triangles are identical to each other and similar to the “parent” triangle. Iteration of this division process to each of the smaller triangles yields the pinwheel tiling structure 3 , 4 . This relates to the optical device shown in FIG.
- each hole in FIG. 1 is drilled or etched into the substrate at the vertex of a triangle in a pinwheel structure.
- the pinwheel structure shown in FIG. 1 is the result of 6 iterations. Two sections are shown, the larger is 38 ⁇ 42 periods and the smaller region is 17 ⁇ 26 periods, where a period is defined as the minimum spacing between holes.
- pinwheel tiling structure One property of the pinwheel tiling structure is that each generation of triangle dissections provides a new set of lattice planes. This is due to the fact that the rotation angle for each iteration is an irrational number. Therefore, an infinite number of iterations of the triangle dissection lead to an infinite number of lattice planes. For this reason the pinwheel structure has a highly isotropic response to incident radiation. The diffraction pattern generated by the structure reveals a continuum surrounding a central Bragg spot.
- the pinwheel tiling structure exhibits strong localisation effects across a large frequency range.
- the actual frequency range at which strong localisation occurs is dependent on a number of parameters associated with the pinwheel structure, such as the spacing between holes, the refractive index of the materials used in the core, buffer and cladding layers, the filling fraction of the holes and the substance filling the holes.
- the response may also be tuned by altering the ambient conditions, for example the temperature, or by using materials whose refractive index or size is variable upon application of a potential difference.
- the size of the structure is also significant, with larger pinwheel structures exhibiting stronger localisation.
- the pinwheel structure should include at least 40 periods.
- FIG. 3 shows a first design for a laser incorporating a pinwheel structure region 10 .
- the laser comprises a waveguide structure having a substrate 11 on which a buffer layer 12 is formed, which in turn supports a core layer 13 .
- the core layer 13 is covered by a cladding layer 14 .
- the buffer and cladding 15 layers 12 , 14 are oxide layers, such as silicon oxide, and the core layer 13 is formed from a lasing material, for example a rare-earth doped dielectric material such as erbium doped tantalum pentoxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride or a lasing material such as gallium arsenide or indium phosphide.
- a pinwheel quasicrystal pattern 10 is etched through the cladding 14 and into the core 13 . The pattern is as described above, with holes etched at the vertices of the triangles in a pinwheel tiling scheme.
- pinwheel pattern slots 15 are etched through the cladding 14 and core layers 13 to provide lasing mirrors that define the laser cavity.
- the pinwheel pattern 10 provides enhanced localisation of the light in the laser cavity and hence allows the laser cavity to be made shorter than in conventional devices.
- FIG. 4 a shows another laser design incorporating a pinwheel pattern 20 .
- the design incorporates etched grooves 21 to laterally confine light in the laser cavity.
- Etched slots 22 act as partial reflectors to longitudinally confine light.
- the slots form, in effect, a 1-dimensional photonic crystal having a photonic bandgap which forbids light having a wavelength within the bandgap from propagating through it.
- the device is optically pumped at one end and a coherent beam is formed by partial transmission at the other end.
- the device can be simply included in an integrated optical circuit as shown in FIG. 4 b.
- the pump 23 provides a pump signal to the pinwheel structure 20 via an input waveguide 25 .
- the coherent output beam is coupled to an output optical circuit 24 via an output waveguide 26 .
- FIG. 5 shows a similar design to FIG. 4 but with a modified arrangement of reflecting slots 31 .
- the structure again includes a pinwheel structure 30 , reflecting slots 31 and confining slots 33 .
- a shift 32 in the distribution of the slots 31 provides a defect state in the photonic crystal structure formed by the slots 31 , which gives rise to a narrow passband within a photonic bandgap. Matching the wavelength of the narrow passband to one of the spectral lines of the lasing material of the core layer allows a narrow linewidth laser to be formed.
- FIG. 6 shows a further laser design incorporating a pinwheel structure 40 .
- the laser is based on a planar waveguide structure including substrate, buffer, core and cladding layers.
- a pinwheel tiling structure region 40 is formed in the cladding and core layers.
- Surrounding the pinwheel region 40 is a photonic band structure region 41 formed from an array of holes 42 etched through the cladding and core layers.
- the photonic band structure region 41 has a photonic bandgap including the lasing wavelengths.
- a defect 43 is included in the array of holes 42 giving rise to a narrow passband at one lasing wavelength in the desired direction of propagation of an output beam.
- the pinwheel structure and the photonic band structure region can be tuned to give the desired response by altering one or more of a number of parameters, including the filling fraction of the holes, the spacing of the holes, the shape of the holes and the geometry of the photonic band structure region.
- the holes of the photonic band structure region may be filled with a different substance to the holes in the pinwheel structure region and they may be of a different size and/or shape. The important thing is that the pinwheel structure exhibits strong localisation at the same wavelength as the passband of the photonic bandgap structure, and that this is a lasing wavelength of the core material.
- FIG. 7 a shows an amplifier design incorporating a pinwheel tiling structure region 50 .
- the pinwheel structure consists of an array of holes etched through the cladding layer and the core layer.
- the core layer is formed from a photo-luminescent material, for example a rare-earth doped dielectric material such as erbium doped tantalum pentoxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride or a lasing material such as gallium arsenide or indium phosphide.
- Etched grooves 51 confine light in the waveguide.
- the strong localisation of light in the pinwheel structure means that a given amount of amplification by stimulated emission can be achieved in a much shorter length than would otherwise be possible.
- the pinwheel structure is therefore beneficial in the design of small optical amplifiers.
- FIG. 7 b shows the amplifier of FIG. 7 a in an integrated optical circuit.
- An input source 52 provides an input signal, via an input waveguide 54 , which is amplified by the pinwheel structure 50 .
- the amplified signal output to an optical circuit 53 via an output waveguide 55 .
- FIG. 8 a shows a switch design incorporating a pinwheel structure 60 in accordance with the present invention.
- the core layer 61 of the waveguide is formed from a nonlinear material such as lithium niobate or gallium arsenide.
- the pinwheel structure has a photonic bandgap which prohibits the propagation of a band of wavelengths.
- the photonic bandgap and the wavelength of the optical signals incident on the pinwheel structure are chosen such that the wavelength of the optical signal is at the band edge and so ordinarily will not pass through the pinwheel region 60 but is instead scattered or absorbed
- the application of a control signal to the pinwheel region causes a change in the refractive index of the non-linear core material.
- the change in refractive index alters the response of the pinwheel region and hence the bandgap wavelength range.
- the bandgap changes such that optical data signal no longer lies in the bandgap and so passes through to an output waveguide.
- the control signal is an optical signal which results in a power build up in the pinwheel region and can be applied from any direction, for example from above.
- the control signal can be of any wavelength but ideally should not be the same as the data signal.
- the control signal means 62 is only shown schematically but a suitable means for supplying the control signal is a Ultra Violet Light Emitting Diode (UV LED).
- the application of the control signal acts as a switch, allowing the data signal to pass through the pinwheel region.
- the bandgap could be tuned so as to allow the data signal through when the control signal is not applied and to block the data signal when the control signal is applied.
- the control signal need not be optical, for example opto-electric materials, such as lithium niobate, undergo a change in refractive index on application of an electric potential. An electric potential could therefore be used to provide the switching action.
- magnetic fields or Surface Acoustic Waves (SAWs) could be used with a suitable choice of material, such as zinc oxide for SAWs. In all cases, when the data signal is not permitted to pass through the pinwheel structure it is scattered but not reflected.
- FIG. 8 b shows the switch of FIG. 8 a as part of an integrated optical circuit.
- the input source 62 provides an input signal to the pinwheel structure 60 via an input waveguide 65 , which is selectively passed to an output circuit 63 via the pinwheel structure 60 and an output waveguide 66
- the control signal is provided by a control signal input means 64 .
- FIG. 9 a shows a clock device incorporating a pinwheel structure 70 in accordance with the present invention.
- the core material 71 is nonlinear material such as lithium niobate.
- An input signal is incident on the pinwheel structure 70 .
- the input signal is a constant amplitude optical signal of a wavelength which lies within the bandgap of the pinwheel structure 70 .
- the optical signal is highly localised by the pinwheel structure and there is therefore a build of power over time.
- the refractive index, and hence the bandgap, of the nonlinear material is altered by the power build up until the wavelength of the optical signal no longer lies within the bandgap. At this point the light localised by the pinwheel structure 70 is released from the pinwheel structure in a pulse.
- the refractive index of the core layer returns to its initial level and the whole process begins again.
- pulses of light can be produced at regular intervals to form a clock signal.
- the time constant of the clock signal is dependent on several parameters including the geometry of the pinwheel structure, (i.e. the hole pitch and hole size), the power of the input signal and the size of the pinwheel structure.
- FIG. 9 b shows the clock of FIG. 9 a coupled to an integrated optical circuit.
- the pinwheel structure 70 is provided with an input signal from an input source 72 via an input waveguide 74 .
- the pulsed output signal is coupled to an integrated optical circuit 73 via an output waveguide 75 .
- the change in the refractive index with stored power is not the same when the power builds up and when the power is released, i.e. there is a hysteresis in the refractive index of the core layer.
- This effect can be used to create optical devices with two logical levels, the level depending on whether the pinwheel structure has been powered up or powered down to reach its current state. This can be used to create an optical memory.
- FIG. 10 shows an absorber incorporating a pinwheel structure 80 in accordance with the present invention.
- the pinwheel structure 80 has a photonic bandgap which prohibits the transmission of a band of wavelengths. This is a feature common to a number of lattice patterns and is not peculiar to the pinwheel pattern.
- the pinwheel structure has an added advantage when used as an optical stop or absorber as it strongly localises light within the bandgap range and does not reflect it as other lattice structures do.
- FIG. 11 shows an application of the pinwheel structure as an optical absorber.
- An input optical signal is incident on a photonic crystal region 91 which provides for transmission of a desired signal but also gives rise to unwanted diffracted beams.
- Pinwheel structures 90 are formed in the waveguide structure in the path of the diffracted beams, the pinwheel structure being such that they absorb light at the wavelength of the diffracted beams, as described above.
- the transmitted beam, which is desired, is allowed to pass to an output waveguide (not shown).
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Abstract
An optical device is provided including an optically localising region comprising a first region having a first refractive index and an array of sub-regions having a second refractive index, the sub-regions in the array positioned at each of the vertices of the triangles in a pinwheel tiling structure.
Light passing through the optical device is localised by multiple scattering events within the localising region. The localising region is isotropic so that transmission in the same in all directions and strong localisation occurs for a relatively broad band of frequencies. This is beneficial in a number of applications The structure can be easily replicated and that there is always a set minimum spacing between the sub-regions.
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- The present invention relates to optical devices incorporating a localising region which strongly localises photons.
- Lasers work on the principle of stimulated emission. This requires light of the correct frequency to impinge on excited atoms in the lasing region. In order to get an efficient laser the light must stimulate emission from as many of the excited atoms as possible. Conventionally, this is achieved by using a resonant cavity with mirrored ends so that the stimulating light undergoes multiple reflections and makes multiple passes of the lasing region.
- Recently, work has been carried out investigating the lasing properties of random media, such as a powdered lasing glass. Random media of this sort give rise to strong scattering and interference which can act to trap light or at least strongly localise it. The multiple scattering events can be used to stimulate many atoms in a single pass of the material. It is therefore possible to use such random media in lasers.
- However, there are problems associated with such random media. They are difficult to define and replicate and can give rise to anisotropic behaviour. Furthermore, it is difficult to predict the localising wavelength in a random structure. It is often specific to a particular wavelength and a particular direction of propagation.
- According to the present invention, an optical device includes an optically localising region comprising a first region having a first refractive index and an array of sub-regions having a second refractive index, the array having a pinwheel tiling structure defined by a plurality of similar triangles, such that the sub-regions in the array are positioned at vertices of the triangles defining the pinwheel tiling structure.
- Pinwheel tiling in a plane is well known in the field of mathematics, and in particular the field of a periodic tiling, and is sometimes referred to as a Conway decomposition. Further detail on pinwheel tiling in the plane can be found in “The pinwheel tilings of the plane” by Charles Radin, Annals of Math. 139(1994), 661-702.
- In the context of the present invention, light passing through the optical device is localised by multiple scattering events within the localising region. The localising region is isotropic so that transmission is the same in all directions and strong localisation occurs for a relatively broad band of frequencies. This is beneficial in a number of applications. Furthermore, using a pinwheel structure ensures that the structure can be replicated and that there is always a set minimum spacing between the sub-regions. This is not the case for random structures, which can include undesirable overlapping of sub-regions. If the sub-regions overlap, the shape of the sub-regions are distorted and are difficult to define.
- Preferably, the localising region is formed in a planar waveguide structure. Preferably, the array of sub-regions comprises a plurality of holes which are formed in the first material.
- In one aspect of the present invention, the first region is formed from a luminescent material. Preferably, the optical device is a laser device with the localising region formed in a lasing cavity. The laser device may be a planar waveguide structure including a cladding layer and a core layer with the pinwheel tiling structure etched through the cladding layer and the core layer.
- Preferably, the lasing cavity includes lasing mirrors at opposite ends. The lasing mirrors may be formed by slots cut into the core and the cladding or may be external mirrors. Lateral confinement can also be provided by slots cut into the core and the cladding.
- Alternatively, lasing mirrors and lateral confinement can be provided by an array of external sub-regions formed in the waveguide core, the array of external sub-regions giving rise to a photonic bandgap. The external array can be a 1-dimensional array of slots cut into the core or may be a 2-dimensional array. Preferably, the external array includes a defect giving rise to a narrow pass band within the photonic bandgap.
- According to another aspect of the invention, the first region is formed of an optically nonlinear material. Preferably, the optical device further comprises an optical input and an optical output, wherein the optically localising region exhibits a photonic bandgap, the wavelength range of the photonic bandgap being dependent on the refractive index of the first region.
- The optical device according to this aspect may be used as a dock, wherein an optical signal of constant amplitude having a wavelength lying inside the bandgap is incident on the optically localising region and is localised thereby; and wherein a change in refractive index of the first region, caused by an accumulation of the localised optical signal, causes the bandgap to change such that the optical signal lies outside the band gap.
- The optical device may alternatively be a switch and include an optical data input, an optical data output and a control input, wherein, in use, a control signal effecting a change in refractive index of the first region is input via the control input so as to alter the photonic bandgap, to control whether or not the optical data signal is able to pass from the optical data input through the localising region to the optical data output. The control signal is preferably an optical signal but may be an electrical signal, a magnetic signal or an acoustic signal.
- According to a further aspect of the present invention the optical device may be used as an optical absorber over a range of wavelengths.
- According to a still further aspect of the present invention, a method of processing an optical signal, comprises the step of passing the optical signal through an optical device including an optically localising region comprising a first region having a first refractive index and an array of sub-regions having a second refractive index, the array having a pinwheel tiling structure defined by a plurality of similar triangles, such that the sub-regions in the array are positioned at vertices of the triangles defining the pinwheel tiling structure.
- The first region may be formed from a nonlinear material, the method further comprising the step of applying a control signal to the optically localising region to affect its optical response.
- If the first region is formed from a nonlinear material, the optically localising region has a photonic bandgap and the optical signal is of constant amplitude having a wavelength lying inside the bandgap then the method could be used to produce a clock signal. A change in refractive index of the first region, caused by an accumulation of the localised optical signal, causes the bandgap to change such that the optical signal lies outside the band gap, giving rise to a pulsed output signal.
- The method is also applicable to lasing and amplifying applications when the first region is formed from a luminescent material.
- According to another aspect of the present invention, a method of manufacturing an optical device including an optically localising region comprises the steps of:
- providing a first region having a first refractive index; and
- providing an array of sub-regions having a second refractive index, the array having a pinwheel tiling structure defined by a plurality of similar triangles, such that the subregions in the array are positioned at vertices of the triangles defining the pinwheel tiling structure.
- Examples of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a planar photonic crystal with a pinwheel structure in accordance with the present invention;
- FIG. 2 shows a pinwheel tiling structure in more detail;
- FIG. 3 shows a laser design according to one embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 4a shows a laser design according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 4b shows the laser of FIG. 4a in an integrated optical circuit;
- FIG. 5 shows a laser design according to a third embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 6 shows a laser design in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 7a shows an amplifier in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 7b shows the amplifier of FIG. 7a in an integrated optical circuit;
- FIG. 8a shows a switch in accordance with a sixth embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 8b shows the switch of FIG. 8a in an integrated optical circuit:
- FIG. 9a shows a clock in accordance with a seventh embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 9b shows the clock of FIG. 9a in an integrated optical circuit;
- FIG. 10 shows an absorber in accordance with an eighth embodiment of the present invention; and,
- FIG. 11 shows an alternative application of the absorber of FIG. 10.
- Planar photonic bandgap structures are known in the art and have been used for the construction of waveguides in integrated optical circuits. Planar photonic bandgap structures can be provided by forming a lattice of holes in a dielectric substrate. The geometry of the lattice and the properties of the dielectric material determine a photonic band structure for the device. WO98/53551 describes planar photonic band structures of this type and how they can be produced. WO01/77726 describes particular quasiperiodic geometries for the lattice of holes in these structures.
- A lattice of holes formed in a dielectric substrate in a pinwheel tiling structure is shown schematically in FIG. 1. The pinwheel tiling is explained in more detail with reference to FIG. 2. The pinwheel tiling structure is formed from a right-angled triangle1 having side lengths in the ratio 1:2:{square root}5. This triangle can be divided into 5 smaller, similar triangles 2 in a unique way as shown. Similar in this context means that the internal angles of the triangles are identical but the length of the sides may be different Each of the smaller triangles are identical to each other and similar to the “parent” triangle. Iteration of this division process to each of the smaller triangles yields the
pinwheel tiling structure - One property of the pinwheel tiling structure is that each generation of triangle dissections provides a new set of lattice planes. This is due to the fact that the rotation angle for each iteration is an irrational number. Therefore, an infinite number of iterations of the triangle dissection lead to an infinite number of lattice planes. For this reason the pinwheel structure has a highly isotropic response to incident radiation. The diffraction pattern generated by the structure reveals a continuum surrounding a central Bragg spot.
- However, it is also the case that due to many of the lattice planes not being parallel, coherent back scattering and constructive interference is much weaker in the pinwheel structure than in regular photonic crystal structures. The pinwheel tiling structure exhibits strong localisation effects across a large frequency range. The actual frequency range at which strong localisation occurs is dependent on a number of parameters associated with the pinwheel structure, such as the spacing between holes, the refractive index of the materials used in the core, buffer and cladding layers, the filling fraction of the holes and the substance filling the holes. The response may also be tuned by altering the ambient conditions, for example the temperature, or by using materials whose refractive index or size is variable upon application of a potential difference. The size of the structure is also significant, with larger pinwheel structures exhibiting stronger localisation. For practical devices, such as those described below, the pinwheel structure should include at least 40 periods.
- The strong localisation effects can be usefully employed in the design of amplifiers and lasers. FIG. 3 shows a first design for a laser incorporating a
pinwheel structure region 10. The laser comprises a waveguide structure having asubstrate 11 on which abuffer layer 12 is formed, which in turn supports acore layer 13. Thecore layer 13 is covered by acladding layer 14. The buffer and cladding 15layers core layer 13 is formed from a lasing material, for example a rare-earth doped dielectric material such as erbium doped tantalum pentoxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride or a lasing material such as gallium arsenide or indium phosphide. Apinwheel quasicrystal pattern 10 is etched through thecladding 14 and into thecore 13. The pattern is as described above, with holes etched at the vertices of the triangles in a pinwheel tiling scheme. On either side of thepinwheel pattern slots 15 are etched through thecladding 14 and core layers 13 to provide lasing mirrors that define the laser cavity. Thepinwheel pattern 10 provides enhanced localisation of the light in the laser cavity and hence allows the laser cavity to be made shorter than in conventional devices. - FIG. 4a shows another laser design incorporating a
pinwheel pattern 20. Again, the benefit of the pinwheel pattern is that it allows for a short laser cavity. The design incorporates etchedgrooves 21 to laterally confine light in the laser cavity.Etched slots 22 act as partial reflectors to longitudinally confine light. However, in this design there are a greater number of spaced slots at either end. The slots form, in effect, a 1-dimensional photonic crystal having a photonic bandgap which forbids light having a wavelength within the bandgap from propagating through it. The device is optically pumped at one end and a coherent beam is formed by partial transmission at the other end. The device can be simply included in an integrated optical circuit as shown in FIG. 4b. Thepump 23 provides a pump signal to thepinwheel structure 20 via aninput waveguide 25. The coherent output beam is coupled to an outputoptical circuit 24 via an output waveguide 26. - FIG. 5 shows a similar design to FIG. 4 but with a modified arrangement of reflecting
slots 31. The structure again includes apinwheel structure 30, reflectingslots 31 and confiningslots 33. Ashift 32 in the distribution of theslots 31 provides a defect state in the photonic crystal structure formed by theslots 31, which gives rise to a narrow passband within a photonic bandgap. Matching the wavelength of the narrow passband to one of the spectral lines of the lasing material of the core layer allows a narrow linewidth laser to be formed. - FIG. 6 shows a further laser design incorporating a
pinwheel structure 40. Again the laser is based on a planar waveguide structure including substrate, buffer, core and cladding layers. A pinwheeltiling structure region 40 is formed in the cladding and core layers. Surrounding thepinwheel region 40 is a photonicband structure region 41 formed from an array ofholes 42 etched through the cladding and core layers. The photonicband structure region 41 has a photonic bandgap including the lasing wavelengths. However, adefect 43 is included in the array ofholes 42 giving rise to a narrow passband at one lasing wavelength in the desired direction of propagation of an output beam. The pinwheel structure and the photonic band structure region can be tuned to give the desired response by altering one or more of a number of parameters, including the filling fraction of the holes, the spacing of the holes, the shape of the holes and the geometry of the photonic band structure region. The holes of the photonic band structure region may be filled with a different substance to the holes in the pinwheel structure region and they may be of a different size and/or shape. The important thing is that the pinwheel structure exhibits strong localisation at the same wavelength as the passband of the photonic bandgap structure, and that this is a lasing wavelength of the core material. - FIG. 7a shows an amplifier design incorporating a pinwheel
tiling structure region 50. The pinwheel structure consists of an array of holes etched through the cladding layer and the core layer. The core layer is formed from a photo-luminescent material, for example a rare-earth doped dielectric material such as erbium doped tantalum pentoxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride or a lasing material such as gallium arsenide or indium phosphide.Etched grooves 51 confine light in the waveguide. The strong localisation of light in the pinwheel structure means that a given amount of amplification by stimulated emission can be achieved in a much shorter length than would otherwise be possible. The pinwheel structure is therefore beneficial in the design of small optical amplifiers. - FIG. 7b shows the amplifier of FIG. 7a in an integrated optical circuit. An
input source 52 provides an input signal, via aninput waveguide 54, which is amplified by thepinwheel structure 50. The amplified signal output to anoptical circuit 53 via anoutput waveguide 55. - FIG. 8a shows a switch design incorporating a
pinwheel structure 60 in accordance with the present invention. Thecore layer 61 of the waveguide is formed from a nonlinear material such as lithium niobate or gallium arsenide. The pinwheel structure has a photonic bandgap which prohibits the propagation of a band of wavelengths. The photonic bandgap and the wavelength of the optical signals incident on the pinwheel structure are chosen such that the wavelength of the optical signal is at the band edge and so ordinarily will not pass through thepinwheel region 60 but is instead scattered or absorbed However, the application of a control signal to the pinwheel region causes a change in the refractive index of the non-linear core material. The change in refractive index alters the response of the pinwheel region and hence the bandgap wavelength range. The bandgap changes such that optical data signal no longer lies in the bandgap and so passes through to an output waveguide. The control signal is an optical signal which results in a power build up in the pinwheel region and can be applied from any direction, for example from above. The control signal can be of any wavelength but ideally should not be the same as the data signal. The control signal means 62 is only shown schematically but a suitable means for supplying the control signal is a Ultra Violet Light Emitting Diode (UV LED). - As described above, the application of the control signal acts as a switch, allowing the data signal to pass through the pinwheel region. This is one possible setup out of many. For example, the bandgap could be tuned so as to allow the data signal through when the control signal is not applied and to block the data signal when the control signal is applied. The control signal need not be optical, for example opto-electric materials, such as lithium niobate, undergo a change in refractive index on application of an electric potential. An electric potential could therefore be used to provide the switching action. Similarly, magnetic fields or Surface Acoustic Waves (SAWs) could be used with a suitable choice of material, such as zinc oxide for SAWs. In all cases, when the data signal is not permitted to pass through the pinwheel structure it is scattered but not reflected.
- FIG. 8b shows the switch of FIG. 8a as part of an integrated optical circuit. The
input source 62 provides an input signal to thepinwheel structure 60 via aninput waveguide 65, which is selectively passed to anoutput circuit 63 via thepinwheel structure 60 and anoutput waveguide 66 The control signal is provided by a control signal input means 64. - FIG. 9a shows a clock device incorporating a
pinwheel structure 70 in accordance with the present invention. Thecore material 71 is nonlinear material such as lithium niobate. An input signal is incident on thepinwheel structure 70. The input signal is a constant amplitude optical signal of a wavelength which lies within the bandgap of thepinwheel structure 70. The optical signal is highly localised by the pinwheel structure and there is therefore a build of power over time. The refractive index, and hence the bandgap, of the nonlinear material is altered by the power build up until the wavelength of the optical signal no longer lies within the bandgap. At this point the light localised by thepinwheel structure 70 is released from the pinwheel structure in a pulse. At least some of this light will be released into an output waveguide. Once the localised light has been released, the refractive index of the core layer returns to its initial level and the whole process begins again. Thus, pulses of light can be produced at regular intervals to form a clock signal. The time constant of the clock signal is dependent on several parameters including the geometry of the pinwheel structure, (i.e. the hole pitch and hole size), the power of the input signal and the size of the pinwheel structure. - FIG. 9b shows the clock of FIG. 9a coupled to an integrated optical circuit. The
pinwheel structure 70 is provided with an input signal from an input source 72 via aninput waveguide 74. The pulsed output signal is coupled to an integrated optical circuit 73 via anoutput waveguide 75. - The change in the refractive index with stored power is not the same when the power builds up and when the power is released, i.e. there is a hysteresis in the refractive index of the core layer. This effect can be used to create optical devices with two logical levels, the level depending on whether the pinwheel structure has been powered up or powered down to reach its current state. This can be used to create an optical memory.
- FIG. 10 shows an absorber incorporating a
pinwheel structure 80 in accordance with the present invention. Thepinwheel structure 80 has a photonic bandgap which prohibits the transmission of a band of wavelengths. This is a feature common to a number of lattice patterns and is not peculiar to the pinwheel pattern. However, the pinwheel structure has an added advantage when used as an optical stop or absorber as it strongly localises light within the bandgap range and does not reflect it as other lattice structures do. - FIG. 11 shows an application of the pinwheel structure as an optical absorber. An input optical signal is incident on a photonic crystal region91 which provides for transmission of a desired signal but also gives rise to unwanted diffracted beams.
Pinwheel structures 90 are formed in the waveguide structure in the path of the diffracted beams, the pinwheel structure being such that they absorb light at the wavelength of the diffracted beams, as described above. The transmitted beam, which is desired, is allowed to pass to an output waveguide (not shown).
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1. An optical device including an optically localising region comprising a first region having a first refractive index and an array of subregions having a second refractive index, the array having a pinwheel tiling structure defined by a plurality of similar triangles, such that the sub-regions in the array are positioned at vertices of the triangles defining the pinwheel tiling structure.
2. An optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the localising region is formed in a planar waveguide structure.
3. An optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-regions are holes which are formed in the first material.
4. An optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the first region is formed from a luminescent material.
5. An optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical device is a laser device with the localising region formed in a lasing cavity.
6. A laser device according to claim 5 , comprising a planar waveguide structure including a cladding layer and a core layer with the pinwheel tiling structure etched through the cladding layer and the core layer.
7. A laser device according to claim 5 , wherein the lasing cavity includes lasing mirrors at opposite ends, the lasing mirrors formed by slots cut into the core and the cladding.
8. A laser device according to claim 5 , wherein lateral confinement within the lasing cavity is provided by slots cut into the core and the cladding.
9. A laser device according to claim 5 , wherein lasing mirrors and lateral confinement is provided by an array of external subregions formed in the waveguide core, the array of external sub-regions giving rise to a photonic bandgap.
10. A laser device according to claim 9 , wherein the external array is a 1-dimensional array of slots formed in the core.
11. A laser device according to claim 9 , wherein the external array is a 2-dimensional array.
12. A laser device according to claim 9 , wherein the external array includes a defect giving rise to a narrow pass band within the bandgap.
13. An optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the first region is formed of an optically nonlinear material.
14. An optical device according to claim 13 , further comprising an optical input and an optical output, wherein the optically localising region exhibits a photonic bandgap, the wavelength range of the photonic bandgap being dependent on the refractive index of the first region.
15. An optical device according to claim 14 , the optical device being a clock, wherein, in use, an optical signal of constant amplitude having a wavelength lying inside the bandgap is incident on the optically localising region and is localised thereby; and wherein a change in refractive index of the first region, caused by an accumulation of the localised optical signal, causes the bandgap to change such that the optical signal lies outside the band gap.
16. An optical device according to claim 14 , the optical device being a switch and further including an optical data input, an optical data output and a control input, wherein, in use, a control signal effecting a change in refractive index of the first region is input via the control input so as to alter the photonic bandgap to control whether or not the optical data signal is able to pass from the optical data input through the localising region to the optical data output.
17. An optical switch according to claim 16 , wherein the control signal is an optical signal.
18. An optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical device is an optical absorber over a range of wavelengths.
19. A method of processing an optical signal, comprising the step of passing the optical signal through an optical device including an optically localising region comprising a first region having a first refractive index and an array of sub-regions having a second refractive index, the array having a pinwheel tiling structure defined by a plurality of similar triangles, such that the sub-regions in the array are positioned at vertices of the triangles defining the pinwheel tiling structure.
20. A method according to claim 19 , wherein the first region is formed from a nonlinear material, further comprising the step of applying a control signal to the optically localising region to affect its optical response.
21. A method according to claim 19 , wherein the first region is formed from a nonlinear material, the optically localising region has a photonic bandgap and the optical signal is of constant amplitude having a wavelength lying inside the bandgap wherein a change in refractive index of the first region, caused by an accumulation of the localised optical signal, causes the bandgap to change such that the optical signal lies outside the band gap, giving rise to a pulsed output signal.
22. A method according to claim 19 , wherein the first region is formed from a luminescent material.
23. A method of manufacturing an optical device including an optically localising region comprising the steps of:
providing a first region having a first refractive index; and
providing an array of sub-regions having a second refractive index, the array having a pinwheel tiling structure defined by a plurality of similar triangles, such that the subregions in the array are positioned at vertices of the triangles defining the pinwheel tiling structure.
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