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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1998
Steven G. Johnson, St. Charles, IL (US);
Shanhui Fan, Somerville, MA (US);
Pierre R. Villeneuve, Boston, MA (US);
Christina Manolatou, Piraeus, GR;
Hermann A. Haus, Lexington, MA (US);
John D. Joannopoulos, Belmont, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An optical waveguide structure including a first waveguide, a second waveguide that intersects with the first waveguide, and a photonic crystal resonator system at the intersection of the first and second waveguides. In accordance with another embodiment there is provided an optical waveguide crossing structure including a first waveguide that propagates signals in a first direction, a second waveguide that intersects with the first waveguide and propagates signals in a second direction, and a photonic crystal crossing region at the intersection of the first and second waveguides that prevents crosstalk between the signals of the first and second waveguides. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention there is provided an optical waveguide structure including a first waveguide, a second waveguide, and a resonator system at the intersection of the first and second waveguides, the intersection possessing a first mirror plane that is parallel to the first waveguide, the resonator system supporting a first resonant mode that includes different symmetry with guided modes in the first waveguide with respect to the first mirror plane, the resonator system substantially reduces crosstalk from the second waveguide to said first waveguide.