Improved 60/spl deg/ bend transmission of submicron-width waveguides defined in two-dimensional photonic crystals
Tóm tắt
We compare quantitatively the transmission properties of various 60/spl deg/ bends carved into a photonic crystal based on a two-dimensional triangular lattice of holes perforating a GaAs-based heterostructure. The bends are inserted into channel waveguides defined by three missing rows in the photonic crystal. Their design is inspired by some ideas from classical integrated optics. We show experimentally that in some cases the transmission of the bent waveguide is fairly high, up to 70%, within a bandwidth of 3%, e.g., 30 nm at 1 /spl mu/m, sufficient to contemplate wavelength-division-multiplexing applications. The observed performance opens the opportunity to implement a variety of optical functions in view of future photonic crystal integrated circuits for which low-loss bends constitute an essential building block.
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#Optical waveguides #Photonic crystals #Optical scattering #Photonic integrated circuits #Integrated optics #Semiconductor waveguides #Lattices #Optical design #BandwidthTài liệu tham khảo
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