An efficient self-collimating photonic crystal coupling technique in the RF regime

Jerico N. Sabas; Iftekhar O. Mirza; Shouyuan Shi; Dennis W. Prather

doi:10.1117/12.842478

24 February 2010 An efficient self-collimating photonic crystal coupling technique in the RF regime

Jerico N. Sabas, Iftekhar O. Mirza, Shouyuan Shi, Dennis W. Prather

Proceedings Volume 7609, Photonic and Phononic Crystal Materials and Devices X; 76090M (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842478
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we present both numerical and experimental results for the waveguiding of light using a low-index-contrast (LIC) self-collimating photonic crystal (SCPhC) in the RF frequency regime. This waveguiding structure utilizes the unique interactions of light with the periodic structure of the photonic crystal (PhC) to propagate a beam of light without divergence. This design also employs materials with a low index contrast (LIC), which reduces the electromagnetic signature of the PhC. This SCPhC was designed by extracting its dispersion contours and numerically simulating it using HFSS, a commercial 3-D, full-wave FEM software. In particular, we addressed the issue of coupling the PhC to a coaxial medium by designing an input/output (I/O) coupler consisting of a coaxial-to-waveguide transition, a rectangular waveguide and a tapered dielectric transition. We fabricated the SCPhC with a rigid polyurethane foam slab and Rexolite polystyrene rods using an automated CNC router to drill the periodic lattice in the slab. We also fabricated the dielectric segments of the I/O couplers with Rexolite slabs using an automated milling machine. Using these I/O couplers and SCPhC slab, we simulated and subsequently measured experimentally an insertion loss, for the entire system, of -3.3 dB through a 24" PhC slab, and a coupling loss of -0.95 dB at each coupler-PhC interface.

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Jerico N. Sabas, Iftekhar O. Mirza, Shouyuan Shi, and Dennis W. Prather "An efficient self-collimating photonic crystal coupling technique in the RF regime", Proc. SPIE 7609, Photonic and Phononic Crystal Materials and Devices X, 76090M (24 February 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842478

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