A channel drop filter using a single defect in a 2-D photonic crystal slab - Defect engineering with respect to polarization mode and ratio of emissions from upper and lower sides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1370-1376

  Asano, Takashi ^a,b   Mochizuki, Masamitsu ^a,b   Noda, Susumu ^a,b   Okano, Makoto ^a,b   Imada, Masahiro ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dropping efficiency; Nano cavity; Optical filter; Photonic crystal (PC); Polarization control; Vertical asymmetry

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTONS;

CHANNEL DROP FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0043095412     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.810566     Document Type: Article

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