Multiwavelength Transmission Microcavity in SOI Planar Ridge Waveguides

Author

Shi, Xiaohua ; Ding, Wei ; Allsopp, Duncan W E

Author_Institution

Bath Univ., Bath

Volume

25

Issue

8

fYear

2007

Firstpage

2206

Lastpage

2212

Abstract

A novel waveguide-based 1-D photonic crystal (PhC) microcavity that simultaneously transmits light within the 1310- and 1550-nm wavelength telecommunications bands has been realized. A novel semianalytical model based on wave-vector diagrams was developed to enable rapid optimization of the 1-D PhC with complex periodicity to be etched into an SOI ridge waveguide. Measurements of the multiwavelength transmission characteristics of the resulting complex PhC microcavity revealed transmission peaks at 1321 and 1562 nm with nearly equal transmittivity that is close to the design specification.

Keywords

microcavities; optical design techniques; optical materials; optical planar waveguides; optical testing; photonic crystals; ridge waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; vectors; 1-D photonic crystal microcavity; SOI planar ridge waveguides; Si-SiO₂ - Interface; multiwavelength transmission microcavity; optical transmittivity; semianalytical model; wave-vector diagrams; wavelength 1310 nm to 1550 nm; Band pass filters; Dielectrics; Etching; Microcavities; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Planar waveguides; Resonance; Slabs; Guided waves; microcavity; multiwavelength filter; photonic crystal (PhC) slabs;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2007.901838

Filename

4285907