Title :
Air hole photonic crystal beamsplitters integrated in ridge waveguide
Author :
Pottier, Pierre ; Mastroiacovo, Sara ; De La Rue, Richard M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK
Abstract :
Power and polarisation beamsplitters have been designed and fabricated, using air hole photonic crystal elements in SOI ridge waveguide T-junctions. 3D FDTD simulations show 99% efficiency for power splitting, with around 90% measured experimentally.
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; integrated optics; optical beam splitters; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; ridge waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; 3D FDTD simulations; SOI; air hole air hole photonic crystal; integrated optics; optical design; optical fabrication; photonic crystal beamsplitters; photonic crystal elements; polarisation beamsplitters; power beamsplitters; power splitting; ridge waveguide T-junctions; ridge waveguide configuration;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
