Asymmetric coherent photon tunneling filter in an optical waveguide structure

Abstract

Based on the well-known electron coherent tunneling phenomenon, by simula- tion, a photonic tunneling filter fabricated in an optical waveguide is proposed. The Bragg grating structure is applied as the photonic barrier. Two photonic barriers confine a coherent resonance cavity or photon-quantum-well. We report an asymmetric-barrier structure with opposite phase. In this configuration, the central tunneling wavelength is exactly the same as the Bragg wavelength of the grating, independent of the photon-quantum-well dimension. The photon-quantum-well length can be adjusted to make the tunneling peak interval fall to a desired spacing. The photon barrier length is responsible for the filter bandwidth. As an appli- cation, an asymmetric grating photon tunneling filter with International Telecommunication Union grid is demonstrated.