Effect of photonic crystal structure on the nonlinear optical anisotropy of birefringent porous silicon

Opt Lett. 2006 Nov 1;31(21):3152-4. doi: 10.1364/ol.31.003152.

Abstract

Anisotropic photonic crystal structures consisting of birefringent porous silicon layers with alternating porosity were fabricated. The in-plane birefringence formed as a result of anisotropic etching in Si(110) results in unique multilayered structures with two distinct photonic bandgaps for orthogonal light polarizations. Nonlinear optical studies based on the third-harmonic generation from these structures demonstrate variation in the symmetry of the nonlinear optical response.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Anisotropy
  • Birefringence
  • Light
  • Porosity
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Silicon / chemistry*

Substances

  • Silicon