Design and fabrication of SOI-based photonic crystal components

Author

Borel, Peter I. ; Frandsen, Lars H. ; Harpoth, A. ; Kristensen, Martin ; Nemi, Tapio ; Xing, Pengfei ; Jensen, Jakoh S. ; Sigmund, Ole

Author_Institution

Res. Center COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

4-8 July 2004

Firstpage

271

Abstract

We present examples of ultra-compact photonic crystal components realized in silicon-on-insulator material. We have fabricated several different types of photonic crystal waveguide components displaying high transmission features. This includes 60° and 120° bends, different types of couplers, and splitters. Recently, we have designed and fabricated components with more than 200 nm bandwidths. Design strategies to enhance the performance include systematic variation of design parameters using finite-difference time-domain simulations and inverse design methods such as topology optimization.

Keywords

finite difference time-domain analysis; optical couplers; photonic crystals; silicon-on-insulator; SOI-based photonic crystal components; couplers; finite-difference time-domain simulations; inverse design methods; performance enhancement; silicon-on-insulator material; splitters; topology optimization; ultra-compact photonic crystal components; waveguide components; Bandwidth; Couplers; Crystalline materials; Fabrication; Finite difference methods; Inverse problems; Photonic crystals; Silicon on insulator technology; Time domain analysis; Waveguide components;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2004. Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8343-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2004.1360291

Filename

1360291