Modal analysis of waveguides based on a triangular photonic crystal lattice

Author

Loncar, Marko ; Vuckovic, Jelena ; Scherer, Axel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

844

Abstract

We have performed modal analysis of both conventional single line defect waveguides and proposed "narrowed" waveguides. We have shown that the proposed structure has fewer guided modes than the conventional one, and based on the dispersion diagram-type analysis, we predict that it will have better coupling properties. At present we are working on the experimental verification of these properties. We are also engaged in the quantitative experimental verification of the predicted high transmission efficiency around sharp bends in the photonic crystal waveguides

Keywords

modal analysis; optical waveguide theory; photonic band gap; waveguide discontinuities; coupling properties; dispersion diagram-type analysis; guided modes; high transmission efficiency; modal analysis; narrowed waveguides; photonic crystal waveguides; sharp bends; single line defect waveguides; triangular photonic crystal lattice based waveguides; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic waveguides; Lattices; Lighting control; Modal analysis; Optical reflection; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Slabs; Tellurium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE

Conference_Location

Rio Grande

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5947-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2000.894118

Filename

894118