An expanded k-space evanescent coupling technique for characterizing photonic crystal waveguides

Author

Lee, Michael W. ; Grillet, Christian ; Poulton, Christopher G. ; Monat, Christelle ; Smith, Cameron L C ; Mägi, Eric ; Freeman, Darren ; Madden, Steve ; Luther-Davies, Barry ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

Author_Institution

Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate an expanded k-space evanescent coupling technique for characterizing the dispersion and loss of photonic crystal waveguides (PCWG) by measuring the Fabry-Perot spectrum of a closed waveguide using a highly curved taper.

Keywords

optical couplers; optical dispersion; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; Fabry-Perot spectrum; expanded k-space evanescent coupling; optical dispersion; photonic crystal waveguides; Dispersion; Length measurement; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Physics; Resonance; Wavelength measurement; (060.2300) Fiber measurements; (130.2790) Guided waves; (130.5296) Photonic crystal waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225193