Title :
Low Loss Photonic Crystal Waveguide by Elliptical Unit Cell Structure
Author :
Li, Jiguang ; Huang, Z. Rena
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Comput. & Syst. Eng., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY
Abstract :
We report a low loss one-line defect photonic crystal waveguide formed by elliptical unit cell structure. Comparing to its counterpart, circular unit cell photonic crystal waveguide, a loss reduction of 16% is obtained
Keywords :
crystal defects; optical losses; optical materials; optical waveguides; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; circular unit cell structure; elliptical unit cell structure; one-line defect photonic crystal waveguide; optical loss; Finite difference methods; Lattices; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Power transmission; Propagation losses; Refractive index; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279043
