Transmission properties of fractal photonic crystal waveguides

Author

Monsoriu, Juan A. ; Zapata-Rodriguez, Carlos J. ; Silvestre, Enrique ; Furlan, Walter D. ; Andrés, Pedro

Author_Institution

Departamento de Fisica Aplicada, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

4-8 July 2004

Firstpage

334

Abstract

We describe one-dimensional (1D) fractal photonic crystal waveguides (FPCWs), i.e., photonic crystal waveguides (PCWs) etched with a self-similar distribution of grooves. The transmission properties of these new types of photonic waveguides are described. It is shown that the FPCW transmission spectrum has self-similarity properties associated with the fractal distribution of grooves. Furthermore, FPCWs exhibit sharp localized transmissions peaks that are approximately equidistant inside the photonic band gap.

Keywords

fractals; light transmission; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; 1D fractal photonic crystal waveguides; one-dimensional fractal photonic crystal waveguides; optical devices; photonic band gap; self-similarity properties; transmission properties; transmission spectrum; transmissions peaks; Etching; Fractals; Frequency; Optical films; Optical planar waveguides; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Planar waveguides;

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.2004.1360306

Filename

1360306