Title :
Tight binding analysis of coupled photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Botten, Lindsay ; Hansen, Robert ; De Sterke, C. Martijn
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. Sci., Univ. of Technol., Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We apply a novel tight-binding analysis, not involving overlap integrals, to coupled photonic crystal waveguides. Our results show that the mode order can be the reverse of that for conventional guides, consistent with exact results.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; photonic crystals; tight-binding calculations; coupled photonic crystal waveguides; tight-binding analysis; Diffraction; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Physics; Propagation constant; Reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519229
