Intersection of nonidentical optical waveguides based on photonic crystals

Opt Lett. 2005 Sep 15;30(18):2409-11. doi: 10.1364/ol.30.002409.

Abstract

An intersection based on photonic crystal coupled resonator optical waveguides is proposed and analyzed. The two waveguides are designed to have different transmission bands without overlap, which enables light in the two corresponding bands to propagate through the intersection with no cross talk and with excellent transmission. The MIT Photonic-Bands code is used to calculate the band structures of photonic crystal waveguides. The finite-difference time-domain method is used to simulate the relevant structures.