Polarization control of defect modes in three-dimensional woodpile photonic crystals

doi:10.1364/OE.16.009112

Polarization control of defect modes in three-dimensional woodpile photonic crystals

Michael J. Ventura and Min Gu »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 12, pp. 9112-9117 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.009112

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The symmetry of a Fabry-Perot-like planar cavity embedded within a three-dimensional (3D) woodpile photonic crystal prevents the observation of polarization effects. In this letter we propose a geometry to break the degeneracy of the Fabry-Perot-like cavity modes by introducing asymmetry. The introduction of a one-dimensional (1D) lattice to the centre of a planar cavity allows for distinct modes parallel (TE) and perpendicular (TM) to the layer. This hybrid 3D-1D-3D lattice structure exhibits a pronounced increase in the quality-factor, and in particular shows an increase of up to 50% more than that of a planar cavity for TM modes.

OCIS Codes
(050.2230) Diffraction and gratings : Fabry-Perot
(220.4000) Optical design and fabrication : Microstructure fabrication
(230.5440) Optical devices : Polarization-selective devices
(230.5298) Optical devices : Photonic crystals

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Photonic Crystals

History
Original Manuscript: April 29, 2008
Revised Manuscript: May 29, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: May 30, 2008
Published: June 4, 2008

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Michael J. Ventura and Min Gu, "Polarization control of defect modes in three-dimensional woodpile photonic crystals," Opt. Express 16, 9112-9117 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-12-9112

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G. Zhou, M. J. Ventura, M. Straub, M. Gu, A. Ono, S. Kawata, X. H. Wang, and Y. Kivshar, "In-plane and out-of-plane band-gap properties of a two-dimensional triangular polymer-based void channel photonic crystal," Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 4415-4417 (2004). [CrossRef]

??zbay, E.
Astratov, V. N.
Bayindir, M.
Blanco, A.
Bogomolov, V. N.
Bulu, I.
Busch, K.
Chutinan, A.
Cubukcu, E.
de Dood, M.
Deubel, M.
Enkrich, C.
Enoch, S.
Fan, S.
Gralak, B.
Gu, M.
Haus, H. A.
Joannopoulos, J. D.
John, S.
Johnson, S. G.
Kaplyanskii, A. A.
Karimov, O. Z.
Kawata, S.
Kivshar, Y.
Koch, W.
Manolatou, C.
Maystre, D.
Meisel, D. C.
Miklyaev, Y. V.
Noda, S.
Ono, A.
Prokofiev, A. V.
Soukoulis, C. M.
Straub, M.
Tayeb, G.
Tut, T.
Ventura, M.
Ventura, M. J.
Villeneuve, P. R.
Vlasov, Y. A.
von Freymanna, G.
Wang, X. H.
Wegener, M.
Yablonovitch, E.
Zhou, G.

Appl. Phys. Lett.

A. Chutinan and S. Noda, "Highly confined waveguides and waveguide bends in three-dimensional photonic crystal," Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 3739-3741 (1999). [CrossRef]
M. J. Ventura, M. Straub, and M. Gu, "Void channel microstructures in resin solids as an efficient way to infrared photonic crystals," Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 1649-1651 (2003). [CrossRef]
Y. V. Miklyaev, D. C. Meisel, A. Blanco, G. von Freymanna, K. Busch, W. Koch, C. Enkrich, M. Deubel, and M. Wegener, "Three-dimensional face-centered-cubic photonic crystal templates by laser holography: Fabrication, optical characterization, and band-structure calculations," Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 1284-1286 (2003). [CrossRef]
G. Zhou, M. J. Ventura, M. Straub, M. Gu, A. Ono, S. Kawata, X. H. Wang, and Y. Kivshar, "In-plane and out-of-plane band-gap properties of a two-dimensional triangular polymer-based void channel photonic crystal," Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 4415-4417 (2004). [CrossRef]

J. Lightwave Technol.

C. Manolatou, S. G. Johnson, S. Fan, P. R. Villeneuve, H. A. Haus, and J. D. Joannopoulos, "High-density integrated optics," J. Lightwave Technol. 17, 1682-1692 (1999). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

M. J. Ventura, M. Straub, and M. Gu, "Planar cavity modes in void channel polymer photonic crystals," Opt. Express 13, 2767-2773 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. B

Y. A. Vlasov, V. N. Astratov, O. Z. Karimov, A. A. Kaplyanskii, V. N. Bogomolov, and A. V. Prokofiev, "Existence of a photonic pseudogap for visible light in synthetic opals," Phys. Rev. B 55, R13357-R13360 (1997). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. B.

M. Bayindir, E. Cubukcu, I. Bulu, T. Tut, E. ??zbay, and C. M. Soukoulis, "Photonic band gaps, defect characteristics, and waveguiding in two-dimensional disordered dielectric and metallic photonic crystals," Phys. Rev. B. 64, 1951131-1951137 (2001). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. E

B. Gralak, M. de Dood, G. Tayeb, S. Enoch, and D. Maystre, "Theoretical study of photonic band gaps in woodpile crystals," Phys. Rev. E 67, 066601 (2003). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

E. Yablonovitch, "Inhibited spontaneous emission in Solid-State Physics and Electronics," Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 2059-2062 (1987). [CrossRef]
S. John, "Strong localization of photons in certain disordered dielectric superlattices," Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 2486-2489 (1987). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Straub, M. Ventura, and M. Gu, "Multiple higher-order stop gaps in infrared polymer photonic crystals," Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 043901 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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