Proposal of an Ultracompact Triplexer Using Photonic Crystal Waveguide with an Air Holes Array

Abstract

We propose an ultracompact triplexer based on a shift of the cutoff frequency of the fundamental mode in a planar photonic crystal waveguide (PCW) with a triangular lattice of air holes. The shift is realized by modifying the radii of the border holes adjacent to the PCW core. Some defect holes are introduced to control the beam propagation. The numerical results obtained by the finite-difference time-domain method show that the presented triplexer can separate three specific wavelengths, i.e. 1310, 1490 and 1550 nm with the extinction ratios higher than −18 dB. The designed device with a size as compact as 12 μm × 6.5 μm is feasible for the practical application, and can be utilized in the system of fiber to the home.