Title :
Experimental demonstration of moderately low group velocity in silicon rib photonic wire Bragg gratings
Author :
Brimont, A. ; Sanchis, P. ; Galan, J.V. ; Fedeli, J.M. ; Gutierrez, A.M. ; Marti, J.
Author_Institution :
Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politec. Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate moderate slow wave effects in a silicon rib photonic wire Bragg grating at wavelengths around 1.55 mum. Experimental results show group index values up to nG = 72.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical waveguides; silicon; slow wave structures; Si; group index; group velocity; photonic integrated circuits; silicon rib photonic wire Bragg gratings; slow wave effects; slow wave waveguides; Bragg gratings; Fabrication; Optical buffering; Optical propagation; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Physics; Silicon; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343370
