Abstract

This paper proposes a logical method to design and optimize one-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides (PCWs). The logic is deduced from practical issues such as the fabrication of the waveguide structures and the subsequent optical coupling to other conventional waveguides. It is found that the individual layer thickness of an optimally designed PCW is exactly one quarter of the projection of the effective wavelength in the direction perpendicular to the layer plane. The paper also describes a handy way of finding the thickness of the central guiding layer of a symmetric waveguide. In order to demonstrate that the proposed logic and schemes are indeed functional, detailed numerical calculations are provided for a model PCW structure composed of a GaAs-AlAs-oxide system and an air-guiding layer.

© 2004 IEEE

Optimal design of one-dimensional photonic crystal filters using minimax optimization approach

Abdel-Karim S. O. Hassan, Ahmed S. A. Mohamed, Mahmoud M. T. Maghrabi, and Nadia H. Rafat
Appl. Opt. 54(6) 1399-1409 (2015)

Design and optimization of one-dimensional photonic crystals for thermophotovoltaic applications

Ivan Celanovic, Francis O’Sullivan, Milos Ilak, John Kassakian, and David Perreault
Opt. Lett. 29(8) 863-865 (2004)

Reducing radiation losses of one-dimensional photonic-crystal reflectors on a silica waveguide

Wei Ding, Rong-Juan Liu, and Zhi-Yuan Li
Opt. Express 20(27) 28641-28654 (2012)

Design of large-bandwidth single-mode operation waveguides in silicon three-dimensional photonic crystals using two guided modes

Jiapeng Fu, Aniwat Tandaechanurat, Satoshi Iwamoto, and Yasuhiko Arakawa
Opt. Express 21(10) 12443-12450 (2013)

Highly dispersive micro-ring resonator based on one dimensional photonic crystal waveguide design and analysis

Damian Goldring, Uriel Levy, and David Mendlovic
Opt. Express 15(6) 3156-3168 (2007)