• DocumentCode
    2669775
  • Title

    Coupling into photonic crystal slab waveguides

  • Author

    Assefa, S. ; Bientsman, P. ; Rakich, P. ; Johnson, S.J. ; Joannopoulos, J.D. ; Petrich, G.S. ; Kolodziejski, L.A. ; Ippen, E.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachussetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    An adiabatic taper method is presented for coupling light into photonic crystal defect waveguides in a square lattice of circular dielectric rods. The taper consists of two coupling stages.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical couplers; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; adiabatic taper method; circular dielectric rods; defect waveguides; light coupling; photonic crystal slab waveguides; Bandwidth; Coupling circuits; Dielectrics; Optical coupling; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Scanning electron microscopy; Slabs; Waveguide components;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.238446
  • Filename
    1276266