Modeling of photonic crystals and nanostructures

Dennis W. Prather; Shouyuan Shi; Janusz A. Murakowski; Garrett J. Schneider

doi:10.1117/12.485546

1 July 2003 Modeling of photonic crystals and nanostructures

Dennis W. Prather, Shouyuan Shi, Janusz A. Murakowski, Garrett J. Schneider

Proceedings Volume 4999, Quantum Sensing: Evolution and Revolution from Past to Future; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.485546
Event: Integrated Optoelectronics Devices, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we present a brief overview of the most common electromagnetic model used to analyze the properties and performance of photonic crystal structures, namely the plane wave method. This method is commonly used to determine the electromagnetic dispersion properties of a photonic crystal structure and thereby provides key insight into the nature of the band diagram, which ultimately reveals the presence of a band gap. Following the overview, we then apply this tool to estimate the effects of fabrication errors on the confinement properties of photonic crystal slab waveguides. As we show in this paper, fundamental issues related to a shift in the allowable states in a photonic crystal wave are show to be a source of significant propagation loss.

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Dennis W. Prather, Shouyuan Shi, Janusz A. Murakowski, and Garrett J. Schneider "Modeling of photonic crystals and nanostructures", Proc. SPIE 4999, Quantum Sensing: Evolution and Revolution from Past to Future, (1 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.485546

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