Mach-Zehnder interferometer in a rod-type photonic crystal

Meiling Liu; Hongying Yi; Zan Zhang; Wei Lv; Maojin Yun

doi:10.1117/12.2022553

25 September 2013 Mach-Zehnder interferometer in a rod-type photonic crystal

Meiling Liu, Hongying Yi, Zan Zhang, Wei Lv, Maojin Yun

Proceedings Volume 8847, Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in Device Applications VII; 884713 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2022553
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We propose a compact, high efficient full photonic crystal Mach-Zehnder interferometer based on the self-collimation and photonic band gap in a Rod-type Photonic Crystal. Line defected photonic crystals are used as the beam splitter and the mirror. Self-collimation frequency range is confirmed by employing the plane wave expansion method. The interference is investigated with the finite difference time domain simulation technique, and the simulation results agree well with the theoretical prediction. Because of their small dimensions, the proposed MZ interferometer hold great potentials for applications in photonic integrated circuits.

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Meiling Liu, Hongying Yi, Zan Zhang, Wei Lv, and Maojin Yun "Mach-Zehnder interferometer in a rod-type photonic crystal", Proc. SPIE 8847, Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in Device Applications VII, 884713 (25 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2022553

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