Bends and splitters for self-collimated beams in photonic crystals
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- 20 October 2003
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 83 (16) , 3251-3253
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1621736
Abstract
We present finite-difference time-domain studies for self-collimated beams in photonic crystal structures. Using a pulse propagation technique that eliminates the interference from the boundary of finite photonic crystal structures, we show that the self-collimation phenomena can occur within a relatively wide bandwidth. We also demonstrate near-perfect operation efficiencies over wide frequency ranges in bends and splitters constructed by simply truncating the photonic crystal.Keywords
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