Title :
Analysis of tunable photonic crystal based directional couplers
Author :
Kosmidou, Elissavet P. ; Kriezis, Emmanouil E. ; Tsiboukis, Theodoros D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Aristotelian Univ. of Thessaloniki
Abstract :
In this paper, we introduce a liquid crystal layer in a photonic crystal directional coupler, in order to tune its characteristics. The simulations are conducted utilizing an anisotropic formulation of the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; integrated optics; liquid crystals; optical directional couplers; optical tuning; photonic crystals; FDTD method; finite difference time domain method; liquid crystal layer; optical tuning; photonic crystal directional couplers; Directional couplers; Engine cylinders; Lattices; Liquid crystals; Optical waveguides; Permittivity; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Voltage; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568384
