Title :
Integrated optical filters based on negative-index photonic crystals
Author :
Kocaman, S. ; Aras, M.S. ; Panoiu, N.C. ; Lu, M. ; Wong, C.W.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Nanostruct. Lab., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate chip-scale flat-top filters at near-infrared wavelengths using negative index photonic crystal based Mach Zehnder interferometers. We further show that our approach can be used to design multi-level tunable filters.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical design techniques; optical filters; photonic crystals; chip-scale flat-top filters; integrated optical filters; multi-level tunable filters design; near-infrared wavelengths; negative index photonic crystal; negative-index photonic crystals; Band pass filters; Indexes; Optical filters; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
