Conference Proceedings

Multiple defects in photonic band gap structures with variable defect parameters

S Tomljenovic-Hanic, A Ankiewicz

Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks | Published : 2004

Abstract

Photonic band gap structures containing multiple defects exhibit interesting coupling effects. We investigate these effects numerically. It is possible to modify modal widths by coupling to various layers. We show that this can be done efficiently by studying output correlations. It may be possible to reduce insertion loss in devices by using this method to tailor the mode spot size.

University of Melbourne Researchers