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X I Tang1, Haoqi Luo1, Junxue Chen2
1Institute of Photonics, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China.
Abstract:
The guided-modes of Bloch surface waves, such as the transverse electric modes (TE00 and TE01 modes), can simultaneously exist in a low-refractive-index ridge waveguide with subwavelength thickness that are deposited on an all dielectric one-dimension photonic crystal. By using the finite difference frequency domain method, coupled mode theory and finite-difference time-domain method, the conversion between the guided-modes has been investigated. This conversion can be realized in a broadband wavelength with surface pattern of this low-index ridge. This conversion is useful for developing lab-on-a-chip photonic devices, such as a mode converter that can maintain the output mode purity over 90% with working wavelength ranging from 590 to 680 nm, and a power splitter that can maintain the splitting ratio over 8:2 with wavelength ranging from 530 to 710 nm.
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