Title :
Strategy for reducing the out-of-plane radiation loss in photonic crystal waveguides on high-index substrates
Author :
Kuang, Wan ; O´Brien, John D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Two-dimensional photonic crystal linear defect waveguides on semiconductor substrates are studied numerically. We predict that the vertical radiation loss can be reduced by using asymmetric photonic crystal claddings.
Keywords :
claddings; optical losses; optical waveguide theory; photonic crystals; asymmetric photonic crystal claddings; high-index substrates; out-of-plane radiation loss reduction; semiconductor substrates; two-dimensional photonic crystal linear defect waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
