Abstract

Standard photonic crystal (PC) waveguide gratings show a stopband only in reflection. By incorporating single or multiple phase-shift regions into the PC waveguide gratings, an extremely narrow transmission peak opens up in the reflection band. Using coupled-mode theory together with transfer-matrix formalism, it is shown that by properly choosing the magnitudes of the phase shifts, the transmission spectrum can be tailored into a nearly rectangular line shape. As a specific application, the designed phase-shifted PC waveguide gratings can be used as a filter in dense wavelength-division-multiplexed (DWDM) optical communication systems with a 100-GHz channel spacing. The theoretically calculated results are numerically verified by using two-dimensional (2-D) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method.

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call

Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.