title: High transmission through waveguide bends by use of polycrystalline photonic-crystal structures.
abstract: A hybrid photonic-crystal structure is presented as a candidate for enhancing transmission through sharp photonic-crystal waveguide bends built on a perforated dielectric slab. This structure, which we refer to as a polycrystalline structure, combines two photonic-crystal lattices. Polycrystalline photonic-crystal structures offer the ability to minimize reflections as well as mismatches that a propagating wave might encounter while undergoing a sharp corner or a discontinuity between different waveguide sections. The availability of polycrystalline structures in photonic crystals opens a broad range of possibilities for the development of optical devices. Numerical experiments are performed with two- and three-dimensional finite-difference time domain methods.
authors.affiliation: University of Delaware, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 140 Evans Hall, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA. asharkaw@udel.edu
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharkawy
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pustai
authors.forename: Shouyan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Dennis W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Prather