DocumentCode
1552933
Title
Photonic crystal line defect waveguide directional coupler
Author
Tokushima, M. ; Yamada, H.
Author_Institution
Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
Volume
37
Issue
24
fYear
2001
Firstpage
1454
Lastpage
1455
Abstract
A three-port directional coupler based on photonic crystal line defect waveguides is demonstrated. The directional coupler has only a 21 /spl mu/m long coupling region. Wavelength-selecting operation around 1.5 /spl mu/m wavelength was confirmed.
Keywords
optical directional couplers; optical fabrication; optical planar waveguides; photonic band gap; 1.5 micron; 21 micron; coupling region; directional coupler; photonic crystal line defect waveguide directional coupler; photonic line defect waveguides; three-port directional coupler; waveguide directional coupler; wavelength-selecting operation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20010995
Filename
970389
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