Open AccessReconfigurable multimode photonic-crystal waveguides
Author(s) -
Hamza Kurt,
D. S. Citrin
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.011995
Subject(s) - optics , multi mode optical fiber , photonic crystal , refractive index , waveguide , materials science , photonics , optoelectronics , hexagonal lattice , physics , optical fiber , antiferromagnetism , condensed matter physics
We present the design and analysis of a novel reconfigurable photonic-crystal waveguide (PCW). The predefined waveguide is the result of the refractive-index variation of three rows of holes that can be obtained by the infiltration of liquids within what are otherwise air holes in a two-dimensional triangular-lattice photonic crystal. We compute the power transmission through the reconfigurable PCWs as well as through arbitrary waveguide bends. The advantages of writing reconfigurable PCW of a multimode nature are highlighted. We demonstrate the necessity to infiltrate high-refractive-index substances to obtain efficient power transfer via reconfigurable manner.