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Mode mixing in asymmetric double-trench photonic crystal waveguides

J. Appl. Phys. 95, 4538 (2004); doi:10.1063/1.1669051

Issue Date: 1 May 2004

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Yu. A. Vlasov, N. Moll, and S. J. McNab
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10536
We investigate, both experimentally and theoretically, the waveguiding properties of a double-trench waveguide in which a conventional single-mode strip waveguide is embedded in a two-dimensional photonic crystal (PhC) slab formed in silicon-on-insulator wafers. We demonstrate that the bandwidth for relatively low-loss (50 dB/cm) waveguiding is significantly expanded to 250 nm, covering almost all the photonic bandgap owing to nearly linear dispersion of the TE-like waveguiding mode. The flat transmission spectrum, however, is interrupted by numerous narrow stop bands. We found that these stop bands can be attributed to anticrossing between TE-like (positive parity) and TM-like (negative parity) modes. This effect is a direct result of the strong asymmetry of the waveguides that have an upper cladding of air and lower cladding of oxide. ©2004 American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 15 December 2003; accepted 21 January 2004
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PACS
  • 42.82.Et
    Optical waveguides, couplers, and arrays (integrated optics)
  • 42.70.Qs
    Photonic bandgap materials
  • 78.20.Ci
    Optical constants including refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity
  • YEAR: 2004

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