title: Single-mode guiding properties of subwavelength-diameter silica and silicon wire waveguides.
abstract: Single-mode optical wave guiding properties of silica and silicon subwavelength-diameter wires are studied with exact solutions of Maxwell's equations. Single mode conditions, modal fields, power distribution, group velocities and waveguide dispersions are studied. It shows that air-clad subwavelength-diameter wires have interesting properties such as tight-confinement ability, enhanced evanescent fields and large waveguide dispersions that are very promising for developing future microphotonic devices with subwavelength-width structures.
authors.forename: Limin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Jingyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mazur