Photonic Crystal

Model ID: 143


This is a study of a photonic crystal waveguide. The crystal features a grid of GaAs pillars. Depending on the distance between the pillars, waves within a certain frequency range will be reflected instead of propagated through the crystal. This frequency range is called the photonic band gap. If some of the GaAs pillars in the crystal structure are removed, a guide for the frequencies within the band gap is created. Light can then propagate along the outlined guide geometry.

This model was built using the following:

RF Module