Photonic crystal integrated circuits: technology and devices towards integration

Christopher J.M. Smith; Segolene Olivier; Henri Benisty; Maxime Rattier; Claude Weisbuch; Ursula Oesterle; Romuald Houdré; Thomas F. Krauss

Photonic crystal integrated circuits: technology and devices towards integration

Christopher J.M. Smith^*, Segolene Olivier, Henri Benisty, Maxime Rattier, Claude Weisbuch, Ursula Oesterle, Romuald Houdré, Thomas F. Krauss

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Abstract

Photonic crystals are structures that have great potential for the realisation of future photonic integrated circuits. In this paper we highlight our method for the fabrication and characterisation of these structures in the GaAs/AlGaAs material system. Moreover, we review briefly the wider issues relating to the quality of fabrication and physical characterisation of photonic crystal components. In addition, we present novel transmission properties of channel waveguides that result in ministopbands as well as showing that the propagation loss is less than 50 cm^-1 outside these stopbands. Another useful element is the hexagonal microcavity and we show results demonstrating the integration of this cavity with both a channel and coupledcavity waveguides, which represents a significant step towards photonic crystal integrated circuits.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E311-E3111
Journal	Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume	637
Publication status	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	Microphotonics - Materials, Physics and Applications - Boston, United States Duration: 27 Nov 2000 → 29 Nov 2000

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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Photonic crystal integrated circuits: technology and devices towards integration

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