Modeling of SOI based photonic crystals for far IR applications

Photonic crystals devices are defined as periodic arrangement of the dielectric structures which allow propagation of only certain electromagnetic wave modes in the band gaps. In this work, SOI based photonic crystals have been modeled for far infrared (FIR) applications. The fabrication of photonic crystals has been carried out with the SOI MicraGeM process technology. The finite element modeling (FEM) of the photonic crystal waveguiding in FIR has been carried out and the results are presented