Title :
Tight-binding calculation of radiation loss in photonic crystal CROW
Author :
Jing Ma ; Martinez, Luis Javier ; Shanhui Fan ; Povinelli, Michelle L.
Author_Institution :
Ming Hsieh Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We utilize the tight binding approximation within a light cone picture to relate the quality factor of CROWs with that of isolated cavity and to design CROWs with low intrinsic loss across the entire band.
Keywords :
Q-factor; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical resonators; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; coupled resonator optical waveguide; light cone picture; photonic crystal CROW design; quality factor; radiation loss; tight-binding approximation; Cavity resonators; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Predictive models; Q-factor; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
