Numerical design for efficiently coupling conventional and photonic-crystal waveguides

Different tapered-waveguide junctions are investigated for coupling light between traditional dielectric and photonic-crystal waveguides characterized by a triangular lattice of air holes. Efficient approaches for the taper design, which allow flat-transmission efficiency higher than 85% in the whole spectrum of the third telecommunication window, are proposed.

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