Title :
Waveguiding in photonic crystals consisting of dielectric pillars near 1550 nm
Author :
Assefa, Solomon ; Rakich, P. ; Bienstman, P. ; Johnson, S.G. ; Joannopoulos, J.D. ; Petrich, G.S. ; Kolodziejski, L.A. ; Ippen, E.P. ; Smith, H.I.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
An experimental demonstration of bandgap guiding, at wavelengths in the infrared near 1550 nm, is presented for photonic crystal waveguides created using dielectric pillars. An adiabatic taper is implemented to increase coupling efficiency.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical waveguides; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; 1550 nm; adiabatic taper; bandgap guiding; coupling efficiency; dielectric pillars; photonic crystal waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
