Title :
Light Propagation in Chirped Photonic Crystal Directional Coupler for Optical Buffer Memory
Author :
Mori, D. ; Kawakami, Y. ; Baba, T.
Author_Institution :
Yokohama National University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogayaku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
Abstract :
We fabricated the photonic crystal directional coupler with hole diameter chirping, which is expected to be an optical buffer. We observed the light transmission spectra well corresponding to the FDTD simulation.
Keywords :
Chirp; Directional couplers; Finite difference methods; Optical buffering; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Time domain analysis; Wavelength measurement; Wet etching;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569648
