Leaky modes in coupled photonic bandgap waveguides
JOSA B, Vol. 25, Issue 8, pp. 1277-1283 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.25.001277
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Abstract
We identify and analyze a class of leaky modes in two coupled identical photonic bandgap (PBG) slab waveguides. These leaky modes originate from the modes of the array structure that separates the two waveguides and may introduce additional losses to the coupled PBG waveguides when operating as a directional coupler. We derive an approximate formula to show explicitly how the leakage losses of such modes decrease exponentially with an increase in the thickness of the guiding layers. With numerical examples, we show that the leakage losses vary over a wide range, depending on the waveguide parameters. These leaky modes precede the guided modes according to the ranking of the mode indices and thus affect the orders of the guided modes. Their presence provides a simple physical explanation of the unusual phenomenon that the orders of the symmetric and antisymmetric guided modes of two coupled PBG waveguides depend on the number of the high-index elements in the array structure between the waveguides.
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OCIS Codes
(060.1810) Fiber optics and optical communications : Buffers, couplers, routers, switches, and multiplexers
(130.2790) Integrated optics : Guided waves
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides
ToC Category:
Integrated Optics
History
Original Manuscript: November 29, 2007
Revised Manuscript: May 16, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: June 11, 2008
Published: July 17, 2008
Citation
Jie Li and Kin Seng Chiang, "Leaky modes in coupled photonic bandgap waveguides," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25, 1277-1283 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-25-8-1277
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