Title :
Modeling of Single-and Multimode Photonic-Crystal Planar Waveguides with Plane-wave Admittance Method: Losses and Modes Coupling
Author :
Dems, Maciej ; Panajotov, Krassimir
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys., Tech. Univ. Lodz
Abstract :
This work presents the application of the plane-wave admittance method (PWAM) to modeling the propagation of light and optical losses in photonic crystal waveguides. Both single- and multimode waveguides are analyzed and in the latter case the increase of losses due to the mode coupling is determined. As such mode coupling introduces a photonic mini stop band, its formation is analyzed. It is found that such a mini stop band can disappear when the complex propagation constant is allowed, which stays in agreement with the coupled-mode theory
Keywords :
coupled mode analysis; light propagation; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; photonic crystals; complex propagation constant; coupled-mode theory; light propagation; mode coupling; multimode waveguides; optical losses; photonic ministop band; photonic-crystal waveguides; planar waveguides; plane-wave admittance method; single-mode waveguides; Admittance; Biomembranes; Couplings; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Physics; Planar waveguides; Propagation constant; Propagation losses; coupled-mode theory; mini stop band; photonic crystals; plane-wave admittance method; waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nottingham
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0235-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0236-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2006.248486
