Title :
Enhanced transmission of photonic crystal coupled-resonator waveguide structure via mode matching
Author :
Jin, Chongjun ; Johnson, Nigel P. ; Chong, Harold M H ; Jugessur, Aju S. ; Day, Stephen ; Gallacher, D. ; De La Rue, Richard M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ.
Abstract :
A mode matching method is proposed to improve the coupling efficiency between a photonic crystal coupled-resonator waveguide and a ridge waveguide. It has been demonstrated that the coupling efficiency can be improved by as much as a factor of three
Keywords :
optical materials; optical resonators; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; ridge waveguides; coupling efficiency; enhanced transmission; mode matching method; photonic crystal coupled-resonator waveguide structure; ridge waveguide; Electrons; Etching; Finite difference methods; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Time domain analysis; Waveguide junctions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568367
