Characteristics of two-dimensional AlGaAs photonic crystals in a waveguide configuration for test devices

Author

Inoue, K. ; Kawai, N. ; Sasada, M. ; Ikeda, N. ; Carlsson, N. ; Asakawa, K. ; Abe, S. ; Yamada, Shigeru ; Katayama, Y.

Author_Institution

Res. Inst. for Electron. Sci., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

563

Abstract

Recently, two-dimensional (2D) photonic bandgap crystals (PBCs) of III-V compound semiconductors have attracted increasing interest for potential in application, in particular, for developing remarkably-miniaturized planar photonic circuits based on active and passive components such as micro-cavity light emitter, optical switch and straight-bent-coupling waveguide. Up until now, however, very few experimental works have been done. We report microfabrication of 2D photonic-crystal test devices with various air-rod patterns for studying in detail optical propagation characteristics for designing PBC-based planar photonic circuits.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electron beam lithography; gallium arsenide; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical planar waveguides; photonic band gap; semiconductor epitaxial layers; sputter etching; 2D photonic-crystal test devices; AlGaAs; AlGaAs photonic crystals; III-V compound semiconductors; active components; air-rod patterns; micro-cavity light emitter; microfabrication; miniaturized planar photonic circuits; optical propagation characteristics; optical switch; passive components; planar photonic circuits; straight-bent-coupling waveguide; test devices; two-dimensional photonic bandgap crystals; two-dimensional photonic crystals; waveguide configuration; Circuit testing; III-V semiconductor materials; Light emitting diodes; Optical planar waveguides; Optical switches; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Planar waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811571

Filename

811571