Abstract
We propose a new scheme for an efficient photonic crystal 90° bend and power splitter. First we design a 90° bend by placing a super defect at the junction of two orthogonal photonic crystal waveguides. We changed the parameters of the super defect to optimize the transmission coefficient of the bent structure. Our two-dimensional (2D) simulations show more than 85% efficiency over a wide range of wavelengths. Then using this new scheme and adding another waveguide we design a new power splitter and optimize it with the same procedure. We used the coupled mode theory to analytically investigate the structures and finite difference time domain to simulate and optimize the structures performances.
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