Flexible Local Approximation Models for Wave Scattering in Photonic Crystal Devices

Author

Pinheiro, H. ; Webb, J.P. ; Tsukerman, I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que.

Volume

43

Issue

4

fYear

2007

fDate

4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1321

Lastpage

1324

Abstract

The dominant mode of a photonic crystal (PC) waveguide is computed by an eigenvalue formulation of the flexible local approximation method (FLAME). The computed mode is then incorporated into a new excitation-absorption boundary condition for use in predicting scattering in multiport PC devices. Reflection and transmission coefficients of several devices are calculated by the new method; agreement with previously published values is excellent

Keywords

approximation theory; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; electromagnetic wave scattering; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; coefficient reflection; coefficient transmission; eigenvalue formulation; excitation-absorption boundary condition; flexible local approximation models; multiport device scattering; photonic crystal waveguide; wave scattering; Boundary conditions; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic waveguides; Equations; Fires; Light scattering; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Particle scattering; Photonic crystals; Dielectric waveguides; electromagnetic scattering; finite difference methods; optical planar waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2006.891004

Filename

4137792