title: Study on a compact flexible photonic crystal waveguide and its bends.
abstract: The dispersion and transmission characteristics of transverse electric modes of a flexible photonic crystal waveguide are investigated by numerical simulation. Calculated results indicate that for arbitrary-angle bends of this waveguide with very small curved radii no more than two wavelengths, a very high transmission (>98.5%) is observed for a broad enough bandwidth. Owing to its unique advantage of compactness and flexibility, this waveguide is expected to be applied to highly dense photonic integrated circuits after further research.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tiantong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen