Two-dimensional AlGaAs photonic crystal air-bridge structure with defect waveguides for miniaturized planar light-wave circuit

Author

Ikeda, N. ; Sugimoto, Yoshiki ; Carlsson, Niklas ; Asakawa, K.

Author_Institution

Femtosecond Technol. Res. Assoc., Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

An AlGaAs-based two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal (PC) air-bridge structure with defect waveguides has been fabricated for an application to miniaturized planar lightwave circuits. Measured optical transmission characteristics showed a good agreement with theoretical band structure calculation for the sample without waveguides, while optical beam transmission through the waveguide was observed in the wavelength ranging around 1 /spl mu/m for the sample with waveguides.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; infrared spectra; integrated optics; optical planar waveguides; photonic band gap; 1 micron; AlGaAs; band structure calculation; defect waveguides; miniaturized planar lightwave circuits; optical beam transmission; optical transmission characteristics; two-dimensional AlGaAs photonic crystal air-bridge structure; Optical beams; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical refraction; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Semiconductor waveguides; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967708

Filename

967708