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Two dimension photonic crystal Y-branch beam splitter with variation of splitting ratio based on hybrid defect controlled

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This article represents a new Y-branch hybrid design of 2D photonic crystal with defect control. The structure is made of hexagonal arrays of InP nano-rods surrounded by air. This system is comprised of a modified add/change to a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) rod, which can be applied to the beam splitter selection device. The optical properties and radial of PMMA defect rods have been transfigured. By selecting an appropriate temperature, a change of refractive index and expanded radius are occurred. The obtained results have shown that the selected optical amplitude in a hybrid semiconductor-polymer Y-branch can be separated to 50–50, 60–40 and 67–33 % at wavelength 1.557 µm. Both of the photonic band gap and transmission spectra are calculated by using 2D finite different time domain (FDTD) method via OptiFDTD software. Such a device can be useful for photonic crystal switching devices in the integrated optical circuit.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported fund by Science Achievement Scholarship of Thailand (SAST). And we would like to thank the Advance Research Center for Photonics and the Physics Department, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang for providing Optiwave Inc. software and research facilities.

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    Teanchai Chantakit, Keerayoot Srinuanjan & Preecha P. Yupapin

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Chantakit, T., Srinuanjan, K. & Yupapin, P.P. Two dimension photonic crystal Y-branch beam splitter with variation of splitting ratio based on hybrid defect controlled. Appl. Phys. A 117, 547–552 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8701-z

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