Rigorous scattering-matrix method for the analysis of electromagnetic wave propagation in photonic crystal waveguides

The development of analysis methods for modeling electromagnetic devices that exhibit photonic bandgap behavior is an ongoing challenge. We demonstrate a theoretical analysis based on the scattering-matrix technique, for computing the propagation characteristics of photonic crystal waveguides. The method is able to provide a complete physical description of the lightwave guidance mechanism, as well as accurate prediction of all electromagnetic quantities, with modest computation time and-high accuracy.