Title :
Directional couplers and de-couplers in photonic crystal waveguides: simulations and theory
Author :
Boscolo, Stefano ; Midrio, Michele ; Someda, Carlo G.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Gestionale e Meccanica, Udine Univ., Italy
Abstract :
Numerical simulations indicate that photonic crystals are excellent candidates to build high-performance directional couplers (or de-couplers). Theoretical explanations for these results, in physical terms, are provided as well
Keywords :
crystals; electromagnetic coupling; numerical analysis; optical directional couplers; photonic band gap; EM wave coupling; EM wave decoupling; coupling length; dielectric medium; directional couplers; electromagnetic wave coupling; electromagnetic wave decoupling; numerical simulations; optical communication systems; photonic crystal waveguides; waveguide de-couplers; wavelength selective coupling; Directional couplers; Lattices; Numerical simulation; Optical fiber communication; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Planar waveguides; Power dividers; Waveguide theory;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2001. Proceedings of 2001 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cracow
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7096-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2001.934724
