Title :
Resonant light propagation through 90° bend waveguide based on strained two-dimensional photonic crystal
Author :
Malkova, Natalia ; Ning, Cun-Zheng ; Gopalan, Venkatraman
Author_Institution :
Center for Nanotechnol., NASA Ames Res. Center, USA
Abstract :
A novel waveguide with sharp bend is demonstrated in a two-dimensional photonic crystal. This is achieved by controlling the splitting of a doubly degenerate defect state.
Keywords :
bending; crystal defects; optical waveguide theory; perturbation techniques; photonic crystals; doubly degenerate defect state splitting control; resonant light propagation; strained two-dimensional photonic crystal; waveguide bending; Control systems; Crystalline materials; Dielectric constant; Lattices; NASA; Nanotechnology; Optical propagation; Phase distortion; Photonic crystals; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8306-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338717
