Title :
Highly efficient OADM using mode gap with hexagonal lattice air-hole PC slab waveguides
Author :
Gomyo, Akiko ; Ushida, Jun ; Chu, Tao ; Yamada, Hirohito ; Ishida, Satomi ; Arakawa, Yasuhiko
Author_Institution :
Fundamental & Environ. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Ibaraki
Abstract :
Channel-dropping filters with photonic crystal slabs connected between channel waveguides were fabricated and demonstrated. They attained highly efficient flat-top drop-out spectrum at a wavelength of 1.56 mum and a drop bandwidth of 5.8 nm
Keywords :
integrated optics; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical waveguide filters; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; 1.56 micron; channel waveguide fabrication; channel-dropping filters; optical ADM; optical add-drop multiplexer; photonic crystal slabs; Bandwidth; Lattices; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Resonance; Slabs; Waveguide discontinuities; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278885
