Patent ID: 6993234
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: B82Y,G02B

Abstract:
1. A two-dimensional photonic crystal resonator apparatus, comprising: a photonic crystal slab waveguide structure, the photonic crystal slab waveguide structure having a waveguide and a resonator in the vicinity of the waveguide; a first cladding layer having a first index of refraction on at least a portion of a first surface of the photonic crystal slab waveguide structure; and a second cladding layer having a second index of refraction higher than the first index of refraction on at least a portion of a second surface of the photonic crystal slab waveguide structure such that a second power of light coupled out of the apparatus through the second cladding is greater than a first power of light coupled out of the apparatus through the first cladding layer.