Title :
Self-collimation and beam splitting in chalcogenide glass and photopolymer photonic crystals
Author :
Matthews, Aaron ; Morrison, Steven ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra
Abstract :
Utilizing the parameters of two-dimensional photonic crystals fabricated in chalcogenide-glass slab waveguides and photopolymers we study numerically the self-collimation effect in low-index photonic crystals and suggest a novel type of beam splitter based on the beam self-collimation.
Keywords :
chalcogenide glasses; optical beam splitters; optical polymers; photonic crystals; 2D photonic crystal; beam self-collimation effect; beam splitter; beam splitting; chalcogenide glass; chalcogenide-glass slab waveguide; low-index photonic crystal; photopolymer photonic crystal; Crystalline materials; Dielectrics; Glass; Optical beam splitting; Optical devices; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, 2006 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Perth, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0578-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0578-7
DOI :
10.1109/COMMAD.2006.4429916
