Resonant leaky-mode optical devices and associated methods
First Claim
1. An optical resonant leaky-mode device comprising:
- at least one substrate layer;
at least one spatially modulated, periodic waveguiding layer deposited over said substrate layer; and
at least one cover layer over said spatially modulated waveguiding layer,wherein the period of said modulated waveguiding layer has an asymmetric structural profile, andwherein parameters associated with the optical resonant leaky-mode device are defined to admit resonant leaky modes.
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Abstract
Optical devices with versatile spectral attributes are provided that are implemented with one or more modulated and homogeneous layers to realize leaky-mode resonance operation and corresponding versatile spectral-band design. The first and/or higher multiple evanescent diffraction orders are applied to excite one or more leaky modes. The one- or two-dimensional periodic structure, fashioned by proper distribution of materials within each period, can have a resulting symmetric or asymmetric profile to permit a broadened variety of resonant leaky-mode devices to be realized. Thus, the attributes of the optical device permit, among other things, adjacent, distinct resonance frequencies or wavelengths to be produced, convenient shaping of the reflection and transmission spectra for such optical device to be accomplished, and the wavelength resonance locations to be precisely controlled so as to affect the extent to which the leaky modes interact with each other. Further, the profile asymmetry allows for the precise spectral spacing at interactive leaky modes so as to provide greater flexibility in optical device design.
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35 Claims
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1. An optical resonant leaky-mode device comprising:
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at least one substrate layer; at least one spatially modulated, periodic waveguiding layer deposited over said substrate layer; and at least one cover layer over said spatially modulated waveguiding layer, wherein the period of said modulated waveguiding layer has an asymmetric structural profile, and wherein parameters associated with the optical resonant leaky-mode device are defined to admit resonant leaky modes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An optical resonant leaky-mode device comprising:
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a substrate, and at least one thin, periodically modulated waveguiding layer deposited on said substrate, said waveguiding layer possessing asymmetric grating profile for breaking the resonant leaky mode degeneracy at normal incidence, wherein parameters associated with the optical resonant leaky-mode device are defined to admit one or more resonant leaky modes and to provide precise spectral spacing of interacting leaking modes. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An optical resonant leaky-mode structure comprising:
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at least one substrate layer; at least one periodic, spatially modulated waveguiding layer deposited over said substrate layer; and at least one cover layer over said modulated waveguiding layer to define a resonant leaky-mode assembly, wherein parameters associated with the structure are defined to admit resonant leaky modes and wherein the period of said at least one periodic, spatially modulated waveguiding layer is defined by one or more materials distributed so as to define a profile that is selected from the group consisting of a symmetric profile, an asymmetric profile and combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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