Title :
Extremely slow coherent polarization decay of waveguide- plasmon-polaritons in metallic photonic crystal slabs
Author :
Schubert, K. ; Christ, A. ; Kuhl, J. ; Giessen, H.
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck-Inst. fur Festkorperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
Autocorrelation measurements using sub-20 fs laser pulses show that dephasing times of quasiparticles consisting of waveguide modes and particle plasmons can be increased by more than a factor of two when tuning the photonic crystal slab into the strong coupling regime.
Keywords :
correlation methods; high-speed optical techniques; optical couplers; optical harmonic generation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; polaritons; quasiparticles; surface plasmons; autocorrelation; coherent polarization decay; dephasing; laser pulses; metallic slabs; optical tuning; particle plasmons; photonic crystal slab; plasmon-polaritons; quasiparticles; second harmonic generation; strong coupling regime; waveguide modes; Autocorrelation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Optical pulses; Particle measurements; Photonic crystals; Polarization; Pulse measurements; Slabs; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-749-0
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2003.238158
