Title :
Tuneable silicon photonic crystal microcavity filter by using nonuniform structures
Author :
Emami, F. ; Akbarzadeh, M.T. ; Keshavarz, A.R. ; Mahzoon, M.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Center, Shiraz Univ. of Technol., Shiraz, Iran
Abstract :
A silicon photonic crystal microcavity filter is simulated, to have a proper passband around the desired frequency. We can have a reasonable tuneability and transmittance at a special frequency using tapered and non-symmetric structures.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; microcavities; optical filters; optical tuning; photonic crystals; silicon; Si; nonsymmetric structures; nonuniform structures; passband; silicon photonic crystal microcavity filter; tapered structures; transmittance; tuneability; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Geometry; Microcavities; Optical arrays; Optical filters; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Slabs; Time domain analysis; Photonic crystals; finite difference time domain method; microcavity filters;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307787
