In-plane confinement with matching layer structure in quasi-3-D photonic crystal waveguide

Author

Wang, Panxiao ; Huang, Yidong ; Zhang, Wei ; Peng, Jiangde

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing

Volume

18

Issue

11

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1270

Lastpage

1272

Abstract

We proposed a novel quasi-three-dimensional (3-D) photonic crystal (PC), which is composed of two-dimensional PC and one-dimensional distributed Bragg reflector structures with a matching layer set between them. Through adjusting the thickness of the matching layer, in-plane confinement by the effects of Bragg grating and total internal reflection can be achieved simultaneously. Using this quasi-3-D PC waveguide structure, a wide transmission band was numerically demonstrated both in GaAs--Al_xO_y (or Si--SiO₂) and GaAs-AlAs material group

Keywords

Bragg gratings; III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; distributed Bragg reflectors; gallium arsenide; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; Bragg grating; GaAs-AlAs; GaAs-AlO; matching layer structure; one-dimensional distributed Bragg reflector; quasi3-D photonic crystal waveguide; total internal reflection; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Crystalline materials; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Frequency; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Bragg grating; distributed Bragg reflector (DBR); matching layer; photonic crystal waveguide (PCW); total internal reflection;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.875345

Filename

1634566