Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 42, Issue 12, 1205001(2015)

Transmission Characteristics and Structure Optimization of 60° Bent Chalcogenide Photonic Crystal Waveguides

Wei Fengjuan1,2、*, Zhang Wei1,2, Han Jintao1,2, Wang Xianwang1,2, Wu Yuehao1,2, Zhang Peiqing1,2, Dai Shixun1,2, and Nie Qiuhua1,2
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    The plane wave expansion method (PWE) is adopted to calculate chalcogenide photonic crystal bandgap, and finite difference time domain (FDTD) method is used to simulate transmission characteristics for 60° bent chalcogenide photonic crystal waveguide. Two symmetric air-holes are introduced in outer edge of line defects in the 60° bent region, in order to improve the transmission efficiency by adjusting the radii of the air-holes. The simulation result shows that transmission bandwidth is widened from the initial 60 nm to 161 nm while the radius of the air-holes is 0.54R, however, the transmission efficiency fluctuates violently. Then some more air-holes are introduced in the central line defect in bent region. It is noticed that when 3 air-holes with radius of 0.48R are added, not only the transmission efficiency is improvement, but also the transmission bandwidth is widened to 340 nm. Continuous bend of 60° waveguide structure optimization is similar to that of single one, and the result shows that the transmission efficiency in continuous bend of waveguide can be significantly improved.

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    Wei Fengjuan, Zhang Wei, Han Jintao, Wang Xianwang, Wu Yuehao, Zhang Peiqing, Dai Shixun, Nie Qiuhua. Transmission Characteristics and Structure Optimization of 60° Bent Chalcogenide Photonic Crystal Waveguides[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2015, 42(12): 1205001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical communication

    Received: Jul. 17, 2015

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 11, 2015

    The Author Email: Fengjuan Wei (weifj0520@sina.com)

    DOI:10.3788/cjl201542.1205001

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