Bend-Free Optical Power Transfer Using Photonic Crystal Waveguide Arrays

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We report the study of 2-D photonic-crystal waveguide arrays (PCWA) composed of identical waveguides coupled evanescently with each other. The coupling properties of the waveguide modes are investigated using coupled-mode theory and finite-difference time domain method. One straightforward application of such an analysis is to route input power from a central waveguide to side waveguides. As a result, appropriate designs of PCWAs may permit the realization of efficient, compact and novel devices. For instance, we show that power dividers, switchers, and Mach-Zehnder interferometers can be feasible using N = 3 channels. On the other hand, N = 5 waveguides can divide the input power by 1/4 at a distance of approximately 37.2 mu m. Waveguide bends and Y-type junctions are used heavily for power transfer but they are prone to scattering losses; hence, lowering the transmission efficiency. They can be eliminated by means of PCWAs in the design of optical power distribution through photonic circuits.
Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Issue Date
2009-05
Language
English
Article Type
Article
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JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, v.27, no.10, pp.1404 - 1409

ISSN
0733-8724
DOI
10.1109/JLT.2008.2005210
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http://hdl.handle.net/10203/282610
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