Multimode interference-based photonic crystal waveguide power splitter

Author

Liu, Tao ; Zakharian, Armis R. ; Fallahi, Mahmoud ; Moloney, Jerome V. ; Mansuripur, Masud

Author_Institution

Opt. Sci. Center, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

22

Issue

12

fYear

2004

Firstpage

2842

Lastpage

2846

Abstract

A compact power splitter based on the multimode interference (MMI) effect in photonic crystal waveguides is designed and analyzed. The device size reduction compared with the conventional MMI power splitter can be attributed to the large dispersion of the photonic crystal waveguides. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Photonic-Bands code is used to calculate the band structures of photonic crystal waveguides. The finite-difference time-domain method is adopted to simulate the relevant structures.

Keywords

band structure; finite difference time-domain analysis; light interference; optical beam splitters; optical dispersion; optical waveguide components; photonic crystals; Massachusetts Institute of Technology photonic-bands code; band structures; beam splitter; device size reduction; finite-difference time-domain method; multimode interference; optical dispersion; photonic crystal waveguide; power splitter; Electromagnetic waveguides; Integrated optics; Interference; Lattices; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Optoelectronic devices; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Beam splitter; multimode interference (MMI); optical waveguides; photonic crystal;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2004.834479

Filename

1366486