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Photonic crystal optoelectronic devices and circuits for student training

R.-F. STANCU1,* , P. STERIAN1

Affiliation

  1. “Politehnica” University, Bucharest, 313, Splaiul Independentei, Sector 6, Bucharest, Romania

Abstract

The special properties of the photonic crystals to forbid the electro-magnetic field on all directions in specific spectral optical ranges offer the possibility of creating many viable optoelectronic devices. This paper investigates the properties of photonic crystals trough computer simulations. Using Optiwave FDTD software, computer simulations were made for 2D photonic crystal devices and circuits, having air as basic element (εr1=1) and a photonic band gap (PBG) cell lattice, square or hexagonal designs, with εr2≈12 (SiO2). As a testing wave for all the studied devices and circuits the IR “eye-safe” 1550 nm wavelength was used. The results confirmed the theoretical data found in literature.

Keywords

Photonic crystal, Optoelectronic, Photonic band gap.

Citation

R.-F. STANCU, P. STERIAN, Photonic crystal optoelectronic devices and circuits for student training, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 12, December 2010, pp.2114-2117 (2010).

Submitted at: Oct. 20, 2010

Accepted at: Nov. 29, 2010