Quantitative analysis of bending efficiency in photonic-crystal waveguide bends at lambda=1.55 mu m wavelengths

Authors
Chow, E Lin, SY Wendt, JR Johnson, SG Joannopoulos, JD
Citation
E. Chow et al., Quantitative analysis of bending efficiency in photonic-crystal waveguide bends at lambda=1.55 mu m wavelengths, OPTICS LETT, 26(5), 2001, pp. 286-288
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
286 - 288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20010301)26:5<286:QAOBEI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Based on a photonic-crystal slab structure, a 60 degrees photonic-crystal w aveguide bend is successfully fabricated. Its bending efficiency within the photonic bandgap is measured, and near 100% efficiency is observed at cert ain frequencies near the valence band edge. The bending radius is similar t o1 mum at a wavelength of lambda similar to 1.55 mum. The measured eta spec trum also agrees well with a finite-difference time-domain simulation. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.