Title :
Dispersion engineered wide slot photonic crystal waveguides by Bragg-like corrugation of the slot to a comb
Author :
Caer, C. ; Le Roux, X. ; Cassan, Eric
Author_Institution :
Inst. d´Electron. Fondamentale, Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
Abstract :
We report slow light measurements in comb photonic crystal waveguides. Group indices higher than 100 are experimentally reported using an integrated Mach-Zehnder Interferometer. This waveguide geometry offers opportunities to achieve ultra-high light confinement.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical dispersion; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; Bragg-like corrugation; comb photonic crystal waveguides; dispersion engineered wide slot photonic crystal waveguides; group indices; integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer; slow light measurements; ultrahigh light confinement; waveguide geometry;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
