Design of 2-D PBG structures with high refractive index contrast

Author

Alves, Manoel J L ; Sobrinho, Carlos L da S S

Author_Institution

Fed. Center of Technol. Educ. of Para, Belem, Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

499

Abstract

In this paper, the finite-difference frequency-domain (FD-FD) method is employed to analyze the guided-wave properties of two-dimensional photonic crystals. An efficient numerical scheme is presented to deal with inhomogeneous periodic structures. Photonic band structures within an irreducible Brillouin zone are investigated in order to find the photonic bandgap within which wave propagation is prohibited. The effects of the filling factor, the dielectric contrast, and lattice constants, on the band-gap width and location are discussed.

Keywords

Brillouin zones; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; electromagnetic wave propagation; finite difference methods; frequency-domain analysis; microwave photonics; photonic band gap; refractive index; sparse matrices; 2D PBG structures; 2D photonic crystals; FDFD method; TE modes; TM modes; band-gap location; band-gap width; dielectric contrast; filling factor; finite-difference frequency-domain method; forbidden bands; guided-wave properties; high refractive index contrast; hybrid modes; inhomogeneous periodic structures; irreducible Brillouin zone; lattice constants; numerical scheme; two-dimensional photonic crystals; Equations; Harmonic analysis; Holographic optical components; Magnetic fields; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Refractive index;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2001. IMOC 2001.Proceedings of the 2001 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7065-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBMOMO.2001.1008813

Filename

1008813