Title

Tunable Photonic Crystal Circuits: Concepts And Designs Based On Single-Pore Infiltration

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. © 2004 Optical Society of America.

Publication Date

12-15-2004

Publication Title

Optics Letters

Volume

29

Issue

24

Number of Pages

2858-2860

Document Type

Review

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.29.002858

Socpus ID

10944239666 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/10944239666

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