Keywords
Integrated optics, optical losses, optical waveguides, photonic crystals (PhCs), waveguide bends
Abstract
We propose the hybrid integration of an air hole photonic crystal (PhC) structure with a high (0.75%) single-mode silica waveguide to achieve an ultracompact high efficiency 90 bend for transverse-magnetic polarized light. Diffraction from the periodic boundary between the PhC and silica waveguide regions is shown to seriously degrade the optical efficiency of the bend. A microgenetic algorithm ( GA) combined with a two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method is used to modify the PhC and its boundary layer to suppress this diffraction which in turn maximizes bend efficiency. The final optimized structure has a 99.4% bend efficiency at a wavelength of 1.55 m and occupies an area of only 27 27 m.
Original Publication Citation
S. Kim, G. P. Nordin, J. Jiang, and J. Cai, "High efficiency 9 degree silica waveguide bend using an air hole photonic crystal region," IEEE Photonics Tech. Let. 16(8), pp. 1846-1848 (24)
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Cai, J.; Kim, S.; Nordin, Gregory P.; and Jiang, J., "High efficiency 90 degree silica waveguide bend using an air hole photonic crystal region" (2004). Faculty Publications. 1025.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1025
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2004-08-01
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/484
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Language
English
College
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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