Title :
A Photonic Crystal Delay Line with Two Time Delays
Author :
Fakharzadeh, M. ; Ramahi, O.M. ; Safavi-Naeini, S. ; Chaudhuri, S.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont.
Abstract :
The paper proposed a novel photonic crystal delay line which can generate two different time-delays. This two port device can be implemented with silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology. The authors show that two different time delays, 1.68ps and 3.3ps, are achievable with a device size less than 25mum, which corresponds to slowing light by a factor of 40. Guidelines for maintaining high isolation between the two ports and for achieving low reflection from corners were discussed. Finally, applications for this delay lines were presented
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; integrated optics; optical delay lines; photonic crystals; silicon-on-insulator; FDTD; crosstalk; high isolation; optical microfluidics; photonic crystal delay line; silicon-on-insulator; time delays; two port device; Delay effects; Delay lines; Finite difference methods; High speed optical techniques; Optical crosstalk; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon on insulator technology; Spirals; Crosstalk; FDTD; delay line; isolation; optical microfluidics; photonic crystal;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-6-0
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2006.281294
