• DocumentCode
    3015799
  • Title

    Topology Optimization for Photonic Crystal Waveguide Bends with Wide and Flat Bandwidths in Air-Bride type Photonic Crystal Slabs

  • Author

    Watanabe, Y. ; Ikeda, N. ; Sugimoto, Y. ; Takata, Y. ; Kitagawa, Y. ; Mizutani, A. ; Ozaki, N. ; Asakawa, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. ofTsukuba, Tsukuba
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Topology optimization method has been applied to design the waveguide bends in the air-bridge type two-dimensional photonic crystal slab. We demonstrated that the optimized bends show good performance, comparable to the straight waveguide.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; waveguide discontinuities; air-bride type photonic crystal; slab waveguide design; topology optimization method; two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguide; Bandwidth; Photonic crystals; Slabs; Topology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453204
  • Filename
    4453204