Tunable photonic crystal circuits: concepts and designs based on single-pore infiltration

    Authors

    S. F. Mingaleev; M. Schillinger; D. Hermann;K. Busch

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    WAVE-GUIDE INTERSECTIONS; LIQUID-CRYSTALS; CROSS-TALK; TRANSMISSION; BAND; SILICON; Optics

    Abstract

    We demonstrate that the infiltration of individual pores of certain two-dimensional photonic crystals with liquid crystals and (or) polymers provides an efficient platform for the realization of integrated photonic crystal circuitry. As an illustration of this principle, we present designs for monomode photonic crystal waveguides and certain functional elements, such as waveguide bends, beam splitters, and waveguide intersections. These devices exhibit very low reflection over broad frequency ranges. In addition, we discuss the inherent tunability of these devices that originates in the tunability of the infiltrated material. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    29

    Issue/Number

    24

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    2858

    Last Page

    2860

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000225682900008

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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