Title :
Photonic crystal line defect waveguide directional coupler
Author :
Tokushima, M. ; Yamada, H.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010995
