Optical surface modes of photonic crystals for dual-polarization waveguide

In this study, the design of a polarization-independent (dual-polarization) waveguide is presented by utilizing surface modes of photonic crystals. The waveguide structure operates in a frequency interval that is commonly shared by both transverse-electric (TE) and transverse-magnetic (TM) polarizations. The numerical calculations based on plane wave expansion and finite-difference time-domain methods are carried out to design and demonstrate a surface mode waveguide that provides confinement and guiding for both TE and TM modes. Once the relevant modes are properly excited, the high transmission efficiency of the photonic crystal surface waveguide is ensured. The demand to have polarization-insensitive devices makes our proposed design an important component for the photonic integrated circuit applications. Finally, we also propose a broadband surface mode photonic crystal waveguide with a bandwidth value of 28% for only TE polarization.     

Proposal for a New Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Filter Based on Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Ring Resonator

Abstract

A new optical filter design based on a two-dimensional photonic crystal ring resonator structure with an N-channel model is proposed in this article. This study also shows that modifying the scatter radius and the waveguide width can significantly improve the performance of the original structure, which can solve the mode mismatch problem for output waveguide. Here, an example of a 16-channel photonic crystal ring resonator is provided; wavelength spacing of 1.6 nm and a high quality factor Q of 6,000 were achieved. The optical filter would be a potential key component in the application of dense wavelength division multiplexer devices.     

A photonic crystal L-shaped bend based on ring resonators

We propose a new type of two-dimensional （2D） photonic crystal L-shaped bent waveguides based on ring resonators with an acceptable bandwidth. The proposed structure mechanism is based on coupling between a waveguide and a ring resonator. This structure is designed and verified by finite-difference time-domain （FDTD） computation. Our simulation using this method gets over 90% output.     

Tunable plasmonic filter with circular metal–insulator– metal ring resonator containing double narrow gaps

Tunable filter based on two metal–insulator–metal (MIM) waveguides coupled to each other by a ring resonator with double narrow gaps is designed and numerically investigated by finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations. The propagating modes of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are studied. By introducing narrow gaps in ring resonators, the transmission in different resonance modes can be effectively adjusted by changing the gap width (g), and the transmitted peak wavelength has a nonlinear relationship with g. Another structure consisting two cascading ring resonators and regular MIM waveguide have also been proposed. The mechanism based on circular ring resonators with narrow gaps may provide a novel method for designing all-optical integrated components in optical communication and computing.     

Theory of gyrotropic ring resonators with counterpropagating modes coupling

The Faraday effect in ring resonators leads to the resonance splitting of clockwise and counter-clockwise propagating modes. In this work we investigate how this resonance splitting influences the ring resonator's behavior if both modes are coupled by a sidewall corrugation of the resonator. Coupled mode theory is used to evaluate the transmission and reflection characteristics of a ring resonator coupled to a waveguide. Based on these evaluations, we characterize a novel ring resonator switch. The resonance of the corrugated gyrotropic resonator coupled to a waveguide can be switched off by the application of the external magnetic field. In this case, the resonance is not shifted, as what typically occurs at small perturbations, but suppressed.     

Heterostructure wavelength division demultiplexers using photonic crystal ring resonators

In this paper, we demonstrate a new type of two-dimensional photonic crystal wavelength division demultiplexers based on ring resonators that can be applicable to photonic integrated circuits. The proposed structure mechanism is performed based on coupling between a waveguide and a ring resonator. Based on the calculated position, this structure is designed and verified by finite-difference time-domain computation; our simulation by using this method results over 82% output efficiency. We use a heterostructure which is constructed of three different values of dielectric constant to obtain our wavelength division demultiplexer.     

Dispersion compensation based on the combination of coupled ring resonator and photonic crystal structures

An optical delay line of coupled resonator optical waveguide(CROW) compensated by photonic crystal waveguide(PhCW) is proposed. In the structure,etching the periodic holes around the waveguide of the ring resonator waveguide does not increase the size of the CROW. Theoretical studies and numerical models indicate that through careful design,CROW and PhCW exhibit different group velocity dispersion(GVD) properties at a certain frequency range. Optical signal can not only be compensated in terms of GVD,but can also be delayed with longer time period. Due to the propagation mode mismatch of the two structures,optical loss becomes inevitable.     

Waveguide mode converter based on two-dimensional photonic crystals

We propose and numerically analyze a novel mode converter based on two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides with square arrays of cylindrical dielectric rods in air. The mode converter uses small perturbation defects to decouple various modes in the multimode waveguide, thereby permitting propagation of only one mode at any given frequency, which permits one-to-one mode conversion without exciting unwanted modes. The mode converter can efficiently convert a TM0 mode supported in a single-mode photonic crystal waveguide into a TM2 mode supported in the multimode waveguide that is laterally coupled to the single-mode waveguide section for a wide wavelength range. Influences of different sizes and positions of perturbation rods on the band structure of the multimode waveguide are studied.     

Design and optimization of photonic crystal based eight channel dense wavelength division multiplexing demultiplexer using conjugate radiant neural network

In this paper, two dimensional photonic crystal, based eight-channel demultiplexer is proposed and designed for DWDM applications. The performance parameters of the demultiplexer such as transmission efficiency, channel spacing, spectral line width, Q factor, and crosstalk have been evaluated. The proposed demultiplexer comprises of bus waveguide, drop waveguide and parellogram resonant cavity (PRC). The bus waveguide transmits light to the PRC and exits through respective drop waveguide. The PRC consists of a parellogram resonator with a nano ring cavity that is used for dropping eight specific wavelength for ITU-T G 694.1 standard with 50 GHz channel spacing. The circular ring resonator is placed above the PRC wherein a resonant air hole (Cr) is positioned for desired channel selection. The channel selection is done by altering the radius of the air hole. In addition, a conjugate radiant neural network is implemented for optimizing the radii of resonant air holes to select the required channel wavelength. The proposed device is very compact and it could be considered for implementing the photonic integrated circuits.     

A photonic crystal side-coupled waveguide based on a high-quality-factor resonator array

Based on the present coupled mode theory of the photonic crystal resonator array in this paper,we propose a novel side-coupled waveguide to achieve highly efficient coupling of photonic crystal devices.It is found that the coupling efficiency is sensitive to the interval,the total number and the quality factor of the resonator.Considering the coupling efficiency and the coupling region,we select five resonators with an interval of six lattice periods.By optimizing the structure parameters of the waveguide and resonator,the quality factors of the resonator can be modulated and the coupling efficiency of the side-coupled waveguide reaches 95.47% in theory.Compared with other coupling methods,the side-coupled waveguide can realize efficient coupling with a compact structure,a high level of integration and a low degree of operational difficulties.     

A photonic crystal side-coupled waveguide based on a high-quality-factor resonator array

Based on the present coupled mode theory of the photonic crystal resonator array in this paper, we propose a novel side-coupled waveguide to achieve highly efficient coupling of photonic crystal devices. It is found that the coupling efficiency is sensitive to the interval, the total number and the quality factor of the resonator. Considering the coupling efficiency and the coupling region, we select five resonators with an interval of six lattice periods. By optimizing the structure parameters of the waveguide and resonator, the quality factors of the resonator can be modulated and the coupling efficiency of the side-coupled waveguide reaches 95.47% in theory. Compared with other coupling methods, the side-coupled waveguide can realize efficient coupling with a compact structure, a high level of integration and a low degree of operational difficulties.     

On‐demand photonic crystal resonators

Recent progress in the field of re‐locatable photonic crystal resonators is discussed with a particular emphasis on the flexible scheme that employs highly‐curved microfiber. In this scheme a spectrally‐tunable high‐quality‐factor resonator can be defined repeatedly by physically moving a curved microfiber to a new position. When a curved microfiber is placed on top of a photonic crystal waveguide (or photonic crystal), a photonic well is newly created in the vicinity of the contact point. Inside of this photonic well, high‐quality‐factor resonant modes are generated at frequencies below the cutoff edge of the guided mode. The tapered microfiber is an integral part of a single mode optical fiber and efficient out‐coupling is naturally obtained. The sub‐nanometer spectral tuning capability that is available by changing the curvature of the microfiber is also an important characteristic and discussed. This spectrally‐ and spatially‐reconfigurable photonic crystal resonator is expected to be a potential platform for photonic crystal based single photon sources, which enables accurate spatial overlap and spectral overlap with a single quantum dot, together with straightforward photon out‐coupling to the fiber with high efficiency.     

一种新型可调制的光子晶体环形腔滤波器

在光子晶体环形腔中增加两个散射介质柱,构成一个新型的环形腔滤波器,该滤波器能有效选择光波透过,光波的透射率可以达到90%以上,带宽较小.可通过这两种不同的调节方式使滤波器中波长的带宽和数值进行任意的改变:1)减小散射介质柱半径,从负载波导输出波长的带宽变大,主波导中波长的带宽减小;增大其半径时,它们的变化正好相反.2)改变耦合区域介质柱半径的大小,滤波器中波长的数值也会相应地变化,它与介质柱半径的变化呈正比,并且透射率也会发生明显的变化.这就为其在制备集成光子器件的应用中奠定了基础. 关键词： 环形腔 滤波器 散射介质柱 透射率     

Resonant modes in photonic multiple quantum well structures with single-negative materials

A type of photonic multiple quantum well (PMQWs) structure made of two different photonic crystals (PCs) with two kinds of single-negative materials is investigated. It is demonstrated by transfer matrix method that omnidirectional resonance modes are generated. The number of the resonance modes can be controlled by adjusting the periodic structure of the constituents. The resonance tunneling modes are weak dependence on incident angle and the scaling of the barrier photonic crystals. When the losses are taken into account, the effects of the losses coming from ENG media and MNG media on the resonance modes are striking difference.     

基于量子阱效应的光开关

把三块各带有一个缺陷的光子晶体结合起来，如果中央晶体的缺陷模处在两侧晶体的禁带中，缺陷模内的光波会受到两侧晶体的阻碍并被局域在中央晶体内，形成量子阱结构；若一侧晶体的缺陷模被移动到中央晶体缺陷模处，则只有一侧晶体阻碍在中央晶体缺陷模内传播的光波，量子阱效应完全消失，光的传输受到最大程度的阻碍.这种结构可同时具有窄带滤波器和光开关的功能，据此提出了一种高效的、灵敏的光开关的设计.采用传输矩阵法计算了一维光子晶体的透射谱和场分布.     

基于微光学结构的空芯光子带隙光纤环形谐振腔研究

光纤环形谐振腔是构成谐振式光纤陀螺的核心部件。提出了一种基于微光学结构的空芯光子带隙光纤环形谐振腔。建立了这种谐振腔的归一化传递函数模型,并且仿真分析了微光学结构参数与谐振腔特性和陀螺的极限灵敏度的关系。研制出基于微光学结构的空芯光子带隙光纤谐振腔的实验样品,完成了样品性能测试,在此基础上提出了下一步优化方案。研究结果为未来进一步研究基于微光学结构的谐振式空芯光子带隙光纤陀螺提供了理论和实验依据。     

Photonic crystal based cross connect filters

We propose optical cross connect filters using photonic crystal ring resonators coupled waveguide crossings. We investigate the properties of this component numerically by using the finite-difference time-domain method. Our simulations reveal that the photonic crystal based cross connect filter has more than 92% normalized transmission. Extending our concept for cross connection applications, we demonstrate a 1 × 2 PC-based cross connect filter which utilizes a heterostructure. In this filter, at the resonance of each ring resonator, the normalized power transferred to the related waveguide of the two drop waveguides is found to be more than 91%.     

谐振腔马赫-曾德尔干涉集成光波导陀螺

研究了光学环形腔中的单方向传输光在光学谐振腔中传输的情况，在系统旋转角速率变化时光束会产生频移，在此基础上，设计出一种具有谐振腔马赫-曾德尔干涉集成光波导陀螺结构，可以方便地检测出系统旋转角速率与方向，其检测精度与光波导谐振腔的品质无关。和萨尼亚克集成光波导陀螺相比较，性能价格比有进一步提高的潜力。     

Frequency,clockwise to counter clockwise and even to odd lasing mode switching based on optical feedback mechanism

Analyzing modes in a micro-ring waveguide coupled with a feedback resonator reveals that with appropriate parameters, the quality factors of two neighboring ring modes vary periodically and considerably. The effect occurs upon changing the length of the feedback waveguide, whereas the two resonant frequencies remain almost invariant with length change. On the basis of this property, four methods are theoretically demonstrated to realize laser switching: two for frequency switching, one for clockwise to counterclockwise mode switching, and one for even to odd mode switching. The analysis provides methods for bistable lasing and optical logic device design.     

Multiple slow light bands in photonic crystal coupled resonator optical waveguides constructed with a portion of photonic quasicrystals

Coupled resonator optical waveguides (CROWs) in complex two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals (PCs) constructed with a portion of 12-fold photonic quasicrystals (PQs) are proposed. We show that enhanced transmission and slow light can be simultaneously achieved in such waveguides as well as general CROWs. Moreover, due to higher degree of flexibility and tunability of PQs for defect mode properties compared to conventional periodic PCs, multiple slow light bands can be flexibly obtained in CROWs constructed with complex 2D PCs. Our results may lead to the development of a variety of novel ultracompact devices for photonic integrated circuits.