DocumentCode
2903331
Title
Analysis of tunable photonic crystal based directional couplers
Author
Kosmidou, Elissavet P. ; Kriezis, Emmanouil E. ; Tsiboukis, Theodoros D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Aristotelian Univ. of Thessaloniki
fYear
2005
fDate
17-17 June 2005
Firstpage
608
Lastpage
608
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a liquid crystal layer in a photonic crystal directional coupler, in order to tune its characteristics. The simulations are conducted utilizing an anisotropic formulation of the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method
Keywords
finite difference time-domain analysis; integrated optics; liquid crystals; optical directional couplers; optical tuning; photonic crystals; FDTD method; finite difference time domain method; liquid crystal layer; optical tuning; photonic crystal directional couplers; Directional couplers; Engine cylinders; Lattices; Liquid crystals; Optical waveguides; Permittivity; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Voltage; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8974-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568384
Filename
1568384
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