Feasibility of optical filters and switches using plastic photonic bandgap structures

Pierre Dansas; Nicole A. Paraire; Suzanne Laval

doi:10.1117/12.284106

22 September 1997 Feasibility of optical filters and switches using plastic photonic bandgap structures

Pierre Dansas, Nicole A. Paraire, Suzanne Laval

Proceedings Volume 3135, Precision Plastic Optics for Optical Storage, Displays, Imaging, and Communications; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.284106
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Using a rigorous differential theory of diffraction gratings, we have investigated the optical properties of some peculiar bandgap structures. We have dealt wit devices made of two stacks of equidistant rod gratings separated by a central planar defect which leads to the occurrence of a transmission peal inside the wavelength bandgap. We have studied how the stability of the effective bandgaps copes with fluctuations of various experimental parameters. For various bandgaps and polarizations in structures including a defect we have studied the resulting filter characteristics and its possibilities as optical switch when the defect is made of nonlinear materials. As long as plastics have convenient refractive indices, optical losses and nonlinearities, the devices we describe could be manufactured using such materials.

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Pierre Dansas, Nicole A. Paraire, and Suzanne Laval "Feasibility of optical filters and switches using plastic photonic bandgap structures", Proc. SPIE 3135, Precision Plastic Optics for Optical Storage, Displays, Imaging, and Communications, (22 September 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.284106

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