Study on a compact flexible photonic crystal waveguide and its bends

doi:10.1364/OE.17.005033

Study on a compact flexible photonic crystal waveguide and its bends

Bing Chen, Tiantong Tang, and Hao Chen »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 7, pp. 5033-5038 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.005033

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Abstract

The dispersion and transmission characteristics of transverse electric modes of a flexible photonic crystal waveguide are investigated by numerical simulation. Calculated results indicate that for arbitrary-angle bends of this waveguide with very small curved radii no more than two wavelengths, a very high transmission (>98.5%) is observed for a broad enough bandwidth. Owing to its unique advantage of compactness and flexibility, this waveguide is expected to be applied to highly dense photonic integrated circuits after further research.

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(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(130.5296) Integrated optics : Photonic crystal waveguides

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Integrated Optics

History
Original Manuscript: January 23, 2009
Revised Manuscript: March 3, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: March 9, 2009
Published: March 16, 2009

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Bing Chen, Tiantong Tang, and Hao Chen, "Study on a compact flexible photonic crystal waveguide and its bends," Opt. Express 17, 5033-5038 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-7-5033

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