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Enhanced transmission and directional emission via coupled-resonator optical waveguides

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We propose a novel photonic crystal waveguide configuration consisting of coupled-resonator optical waveguides at the termination to obtain enhanced transmission and beaming of light. We show theoretically that such a configuration can collimate the light output from a photonic crystal waveguide over a wide bandwidth range. The mechanism explained in this paper may be easily extrapolated to the photonic crystal configuration of air holes in a dielectric substrate.

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  1. Research Center of Photonic Crystals, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, Hunan, P.R. China

    Z.-H. Zhu, W.-M. Ye, J.-R. Ji, X.-D. Yuan & C. Zen

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Zhu, ZH., Ye, WM., Ji, JR. et al. Enhanced transmission and directional emission via coupled-resonator optical waveguides. Appl. Phys. B 86, 327–331 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2457-x

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