Title :
Radiative Guides for Decreasing Reflection at Output Ends of Photonic-Crystal Optical Waveguides
Author :
Isoda, Mayuta ; Tsutsumi, Kiyoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Kyoto Inst. of Technol., Kyoto, Japan
Abstract :
We propose new structures for decreasing reflection at output ends of photonic-crystal optical waveguides. These are waveguides gradually radiating guided waves. We analyzed 2-D models numerically by the finite difference time domain method. A large decrease in reflection is shown.
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; light reflection; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; 2D models; decreasing reflection; finite difference time domain method; gradually radiating guided waves; photonic-crystal optical waveguides; reflection structures; Couplings; Finite difference methods; Lattices; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Decreasing reflection; integrated optics; photonic crystal waveguides; reflection at output ends;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2012.2215584
