Title :
Topology Optimization for Photonic Crystal Waveguide Intersection with Wide and Flat Bandwidths in Ultra-Fast All-Optical Switch (PC-SMZ)
Author :
Sugimoto, Y. ; Watanabe, Y. ; Ikeda, N. ; Ozaki, N. ; Mizutani, A. ; Takata, Y. ; Jensen, J.S. ; Sigmund, O. ; Borel, P.I. ; Kristensen, M. ; Ishikawa, H. ; Asakawa, K.
Author_Institution :
Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan; Ultrafast Photonic Devices Laboratory, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, ysugi@tara.tsukuba.ac.jp, ysms-sugimoto@aist.go.jp
Abstract :
Numerical and experimental studies on the photonic crystal waveguide intersection based on the topology optimization design method are reported and the effectiveness is shown by achieving high transmission spectra with low crosstalk for the straightforward beam-propagation line.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Crosstalk; Frequency; Lattices; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Switches; Topology; Waveguide components; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801136
