Using double chirping to minimise absorption in lossy broadband dielectric reflectors

作者:Al Juboori Ali; Reece Peter J*
来源:Optical Materials Express, 2018, 8(7): 1827-1832.
DOI:10.1364/OME.8.001827

摘要

Layer chirping can be used to extend the photonic band-gap of dielectrics mirrors to cover a wide spectral bandwidth. However, for structures composed of dielectrics with non-negligible absorption and scattering, linear chirping introduces Gires-Tournois resonances that can enhance optical losses within the stop-band. We show that the use double-chirping, a concept originally developed for dispersion compensation in ultra-fast optics, can be used to substantially reduce unwanted losses and improve the spectral reflectance over the entire stop-band. We demonstrate the concept experimentally by fabricating broad-band mirrors in the visible range using porous silicon.

  • 出版日期2018-7-1

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