| Authors: | W. Bogaerts, P. Bienstman, D. Taillaert, R. Baets | | Title: | Out-of-plane scattering in photonic crystal slabs | | Format: | International Conference Proceedings | | Publication date: | 11/2000 | | Journal/Conference/Book: | Conference Proceedings of LEOS
| | Volume(Issue): | p.PD1.5 | | Location: | Puerto Rico, Costa Rica | | Citations: | Look up on Google Scholar
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Abstract
Photonic crystal slabs combine a slab waveguide with an in-plane photonic crystal. Light is then confined in plane by the photonic crystal and out-of-plane by the slab waveguide. The etched structures will cause light to scatter out of the waveguide plane. We studied the out-of-plane scattering losses using a 2D approximation of this 3D structure, with etched slots instead of holes. Our simulation techniques include mode expansion with PML absorbing boundary conditions. We show that the losses increase with higher index contrast, but that with very high index contrasts light can be coupled into lossless Bloch modes. Related Research Topics
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