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# Efficient Photonic Crystal Cavity-Waveguide Couplers

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States
(Impact Factor: 3.3). 11/2006; 90(7). DOI: 10.1063/1.2472534
Source: arXiv

ABSTRACT

Coupling of photonic crystal (PC) linear three-hole defect cavities (L3) to
PC waveguides is theoretically and experimentally investigated. The systems are
designed to increase the overlap between the evanescent cavity field and the
waveguide mode, and to operate in the linear dispersion region of the
waveguide. Our simulations indicate increased coupling when the cavity is
tilted by 60 degrees with respect to the waveguide axis, which we have also
confirmed by experiments. We obtained up to 90% coupling efficiency into the
waveguide.

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