Applications of photonic crystals in optical data storage

Tao Liu; Armis R. Zakharian; R. Rathnakumar; M. Fallahi; J. V. Moloney; M. Mansuripur

doi:10.1117/12.556889

Applications of photonic crystals in optical data storage

Tao Liu, Armis R. Zakharian, R. Rathnakumar, M. Fallahi, J. V. Moloney, M. Mansuripur

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Abstract

We propose the general idea of constructing an ultra-compact optical pickup based on photonic crystals. A few of the optical components necessary for various functions of an optical head are designed and analyzed. These include a waveguide with a sharp bend, a directional coupler, a 3dB beam-splitter, a polarizing beam-splitter, and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method is used to simulate the suggested structures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	430-438
Number of pages	9
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5380
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.556889
State	Published - 2004
Event	Optical Data Storage 2004 - Monterey, CA, United States Duration: Apr 18 2004 → Apr 21 2004

Keywords

Integrated optical pickup
Micro-optical pickup
Photonic crystal pickup

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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