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Bound modes of two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides

Bound modes of two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides
Bound modes of two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides
It is now widely recognised that a volume of dielectric material with an appropriately designed periodic microstructure — a photonic crystal — will support a full three-dimensional photonic band gap (PBG). Over the frequency range spanned by the PBG, all electromagnetic modes are suppressed within the volume, allowing a single resonance (or photonic state) to be introduced by means of a structural point defect. This unique ability to tamper strongly with the electromagnetic mode density enables the channelling of spontaneous emission into one or a few electromagnetic modes, and is attractive for enhancing the emission rate from light emitting diodes, and in achieving low threshold highly efficient operation in micro-cavity lasers.
Although photonic crystals with full PBGs at optical frequencies seem set to have a revolutionary impact in optoelectronics, they are not yet available, largely because the technological demands on nanofabrication challenge the current limits of the state-of-the-art. As several groups have realised, however, it is less demanding to produce two-dimensional periodic patterns in thin film form (see Figure I), and thus — perhaps — to achieve a full PBG in two dimensions. One important potential application of such photonic crystal waveguides is in the suppression of lateral emission in arrays of closely spaced vertical cavity emitting lasers.
203-219
Kluwer Academic Press
Russell, P.St.J.
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Russell, P.St.J., Atkin, D.M., Birks, T.A. and Roberts, P.J. (1996) Bound modes of two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides. In, Rarity, J.G. and Weisbuch, C. (eds.) Quantum Optics in Wavelength Scale Structures. Kluwer Academic Press, pp. 203-219.

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It is now widely recognised that a volume of dielectric material with an appropriately designed periodic microstructure — a photonic crystal — will support a full three-dimensional photonic band gap (PBG). Over the frequency range spanned by the PBG, all electromagnetic modes are suppressed within the volume, allowing a single resonance (or photonic state) to be introduced by means of a structural point defect. This unique ability to tamper strongly with the electromagnetic mode density enables the channelling of spontaneous emission into one or a few electromagnetic modes, and is attractive for enhancing the emission rate from light emitting diodes, and in achieving low threshold highly efficient operation in micro-cavity lasers.
Although photonic crystals with full PBGs at optical frequencies seem set to have a revolutionary impact in optoelectronics, they are not yet available, largely because the technological demands on nanofabrication challenge the current limits of the state-of-the-art. As several groups have realised, however, it is less demanding to produce two-dimensional periodic patterns in thin film form (see Figure I), and thus — perhaps — to achieve a full PBG in two dimensions. One important potential application of such photonic crystal waveguides is in the suppression of lateral emission in arrays of closely spaced vertical cavity emitting lasers.

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Published date: 1996
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Author: P.St.J. Russell
Author: D.M. Atkin
Author: T.A. Birks
Author: P.J. Roberts
Editor: J.G. Rarity
Editor: C. Weisbuch

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