Spectroscopy of a tapered-fiber photonic crystal waveguide coupler
Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 13, pp. 10738-10747 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.010738
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Abstract
A spectroscopic technique based on a full four port modeling and measurement is developed and utilized to study a tapered- fiber photonic crystal waveguide coupler. The coupler is made by directly situating the tapered fiber on the defect region of a silicon membrane photonic crystal waveguide. The waveguide is lithographically terminated resulting a Fabry-Perot cavity. It turns out that the line-shape of the resonances is not merely a Lorentzian but can be constructed from that of the unloaded waveguide resonator. By knowing how the resonances broaden the experimental data is then fit and the coupling efficiency is extracted for the entire spectrum.
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OCIS Codes
(060.1810) Fiber optics and optical communications : Buffers, couplers, routers, switches, and multiplexers
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
ToC Category:
Integrated Optics
History
Original Manuscript: April 23, 2009
Revised Manuscript: May 27, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: May 30, 2009
Published: June 11, 2009
Citation
Raymond Sarkissian, Stephen Farrell, and John D. O'Brien, "Spectroscopy of a tapered-fiber photonic crystal waveguide coupler," Opt. Express 17, 10738-10747 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-13-10738
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