Transmission spectra measurements on photonic crystal based bent waveguides

Author

Moosburger, J. ; Kamp, M. ; Forchel, A. ; Benisty, Hadas ; Weisbuch, C. ; Houdre, R.

Author_Institution

Technische Phys., Univ. of Wuerzburg, Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

589

Abstract

Summary form only given. In analogy to an electron in a periodic crystal potential, photonic crystals (PC) use a periodic modulation of the refractive index in one, two or three dimensions in order to create photonic band gaps. The propagation of light can be controlled on nanometer scale leading to applications such as compact filters highly efficient light emitters or sharply bent waveguides. Therefore PC offer promising ways for the realization of integrated optic devices. We have investigated light transmission through 60/spl deg/ bent 2D-PC waveguides The patterns are realized on an MBE grown GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure including a GaAs waveguide with InAs quantum dots. The strong dependence on the wavelength as well as on the bend design is clearly seen.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; light transmission; optical planar waveguides; photonic band gap; FDTD calculations; GaAs-AlGaAs; MBE grown heterostructure; integrated optic devices; light transmission; periodic refractive index modulation; photonic crystal based bent waveguides; quantum dots; Electrons; Gallium arsenide; Lighting control; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Refractive index;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.948198

Filename

948198