Modelling of Photonic Wire Bragg Gratings |
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Authors: | M Gnan G Bellanca H M H Chong P Bassi R M De La Rue |
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Institution: | 1. Optoelectronics Research Group, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, The University, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK 4. Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Rankine Building, Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8LT, UK 2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, I 44100, Ferrara, Italy 3. Dipartimento di Elettronica Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, I 40136, Bologna, Italy
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Abstract: | Some important properties of photonic wire Bragg grating structures have been investigated. The design, obtained as a generalisation of the full-width gap grating, has been modelled using 3D finite-difference time-domain simulations. Different types of stop-band have been observed. The impact of the grating geometry on the lowest order (longest wavelength) stop-band has been investigated – and has identified deeply indented configurations where reduction of the stop-bandwidth and of the reflectivity occurred. Our computational results have been substantially validated by an experimental demonstration of the fundamental stop-band of photonic wire Bragg gratings fabricated on silicon-on-insulator material. The accuracy of two distinct 2D computational models based on the effective index method has also been studied – because of their inherently much greater rapidity and consequent utility for approximate initial designs. A 2D plan-view model has been found to reproduce a large part of the essential features of the spectral response of full 3D models. |
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