Photonic crystal devices

Author

O´Brien, John

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Electrophys., Univ. of Southern California, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

27-28 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

573

Abstract

In this presentation we will discuss photonic crystal lasers and waveguide components. We have demonstrated both suspended membrane and sapphire-bonded photonic crystal microcavity lasers. These devices are optically pumped at and above room temperature. These devices are fabricated in the InGaAsP/InP, GaAs/AlGaAs, and SiO₂/Si material systems. We also discuss our efforts to model the electromagnetic properties of these devices, using both finite-difference time-domain and finite element methods. Finally we report on the demonstrations of waveguide bends and branches in these photonic crystal waveguides including a photonic crystal Mach-Zehnder interferometer.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; aluminium compounds; elemental semiconductors; finite difference time-domain analysis; finite element analysis; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; microcavity lasers; optical fabrication; optical pumping; optical waveguide components; photonic crystals; sapphire; semiconductor lasers; silicon; silicon compounds; waveguide discontinuities; Al₂O₃; GaAs-AlGaAs; InGaAsP-InP; Mach-Zenhder interferometer; SiO₂-Si; electromagnetic property; finite element method; finite-difference time-domain method; optical fabrication; optical pumping; photonic crystal device; photonic crystal microcavity laser; sapphire substrate; semiconductor membrane; two dimensional photonic crystal waveguide component; waveguide bends; Biomembranes; Electromagnetic waveguides; Laser modes; Microcavities; Optical devices; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7888-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252929

Filename

1252929