The directional emission sensitivity of photonic crystal waveguides to air hole removal |
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Authors: | H Kurt |
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Institution: | (1) TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ankara, 06560, Turkey |
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Abstract: | To obtain highly directional light output from photonic crystal waveguides (PCWs), the emission characteristics of the narrow-width
waveguide structures are investigated by tailoring the geometry of the exit sides. The local structural deformations in the
form of air hole removal from the triangular-lattice photonic crystal (PC) show the effectiveness of the previously proposed
approach that was implemented by us for another type of PC. The spatial broadening of the beam is greatly suppressed. With
the modified waveguide exits, highly directional emissions with small side lobes are achieved. The frequency dependency of
the directional emissions is evaluated. We show that the divergence angles of the beams depend linearly on the wavelength
for a regular type of PCW but the modified PCW exits have local minima with respect to wavelength in terms of the divergence
angle. The present work may prove to be helpful in the design of couplers and edge-emitting lasers and in the implementation
of free-space optical communications. |
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Keywords: | PACS" target="_blank">PACS 42 70 Qs 42 82 Et 42 79 Ag |
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