Polarization-Independent Self-Collimated Beam Splitting in Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals

YÜCEL M. B., KAYA O. A., Cicek A., ULUĞ B.

12th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), Shanghai, China, 28 - 31 August 2012, pp.41-42, (Full Text)

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume:
  • Doi Number: 10.1109/nusod.2012.6316497
  • City: Shanghai
  • Country: China
  • Page Numbers: pp.41-42
  • Inonu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Polarization-independent splitting of self-collimated transverse-electric and transverse-magnetic polarized waves in a two-dimensional square photonic crystal are demonstrated. The beam splitting is facilitated by the existence of sharp edges in flat equifrequency contours.