Title :
Low-loss slow light in high contrast grating hollow-core waveguides
Author :
Sun, Tianbo ; Sedgwick, F. ; Yang, W. ; Karagodsky, V. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
A chip-scale hollow-core waveguide using high-contrast grating yields slow light with a group velocity <;0.02c and loss as low as 0.2dB/cm over 50GHz bandwidth. Loss and group velocity are independently optimized for the first time.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; integrated optics; optical waveguides; slow light; chip-scale hollow-core waveguide; group velocity; high contrast grating hollow-core waveguides; low-loss slow light; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Delay; Dispersion; Finite difference methods; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
