Laboratory of Optics, Photonics and Quantum Electronics, Department of Microelectronics and Information Technology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Electrum 229, 16440, Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract:
The contra-directional coupling between two photonic crystal (PC) waveguides is studied, using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. A design of contra-directional coupler is presented and its transmission properties are investigated. The device can be used as an add/drop filter. It is also shown that the coupled mode theory is suitable to study the photonic crystal waveguide coupler.