Title :
Stratified Photonic Crystal Demultiplexer
Author :
Bakhtazad, Aref ; Kirk, Andrew G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que.
Abstract :
A wide-band CWDM demultiplexer using cascaded photonic crystal geometry is proposed. Five-fold superprism size reduction is achieved when compared to the conventional S-vector superprism. The output channel beam sizes are also much more uniform
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical materials; photonic crystals; wavelength division multiplexing; cascaded photonic crystal geometry; channel beam sizes; photonic crystal demultiplexer; superprism size reduction; wide-band coarse WDM demultiplexer; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Channel spacing; Kirk field collapse effect; Lattices; Multiplexing; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Wideband;
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.2006.279049
