Title :
Wideband and group index independent coupling to slow light slotted photonic crystal waveguides with adiabatic group index taper and mode matching
Author :
Lin, Che-Yun ; Xue, Zheng ; Wang, Alan X. ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate highly efficient coupling into a slotted-photonic crystal waveguide featuring a nearly flat transmission spectrum with lowest insertion loss ~2.4dB.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; adiabatic group index taper; group index independent coupling; loss 2.4 dB; mode matching; slow light slotted photonic crystal waveguides; Couplings; Indexes; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
