Title :
Control of light speed in photonic crystal waveguide devices
Author :
Baba, Toshihiko ; Adachi, Jun ; Ishikura, Norihiro ; Hamachi, Yohei ; Saito, Yuji
Abstract :
Optical buffering and nonlinear enhancement is demonstrated using slow light in photonic crystal waveguide devices. Nearly 350 ps delay and tunability are obtained in a narrowband device, while 22 bit tunability in a wideband device.
Keywords :
optical dispersion; photonic crystals; slow light; light speed control; nonlinear enhancement; optical buffering; photonic crystal waveguide devices; slow light; Bandwidth; Delay; Lighting control; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Slow light; Space vector pulse width modulation; Tuning; optical buffer; photonic crystal; photonic router; slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292343
