Wannier basis design and optimization of a photonic crystal waveguide crossing

Author

Jiao, Yang ; Mingaleev, Sergei F. ; Schillinger, Matthias ; Miller, David A B ; Fan, Shanhui ; Busch, Kurt

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

17

Issue

9

fYear

2005

Firstpage

1875

Lastpage

1877

Abstract

We employ a novel platform for the realization of tunable photonic crystal (PC) circuits together with a Wannier basis modeling and optimization scheme in order to design a broad-band waveguide crossing. The superior performance characteristics of our design include a high bandwidth (2% of the center frequency) as well as low values for crosstalk (-40 dB) and reflection (-30 dB). In addition, we demonstrate the robustness of the device performance against fabrication disorder. Our novel design paradigm will enable efficient and ultracompact PC-based device designs with complex functionalities.

Keywords

Wannier functions; optical design techniques; optical tuning; optical waveguides; optimisation; photonic crystals; Wannier basis design; crosstalk; photonic crystal waveguide crossing optimization; reflection; Bandwidth; Circuits; Design methodology; Design optimization; Fabrication; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Personal communication networks; Photonic crystals; Physics; Design; optimization; photonic crystal (PC) devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.852326

Filename

1498888