Title :
Experimental observation of slow light tunneling in coupled periodic waveguides
Author :
Ha, Sangwoo ; Sukhorukov, Andrey A. ; Powell, David A. ; Shadrivov, Ilya V. ; Lavrinenko, Andrei V. ; Chigrin, Dmitry N. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Nonlinear Phys. Centre & Centre for Ultra-high b&width Devices for Opt. Syst., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
Abstract :
We report the first observation of slow-light tunneling between coupled periodic waveguides, designed to simultaneously support two slow-light states with different phase velocities in the same frequency range. Numerical simulations agree well with experimental results.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical waveguides; tunnelling; coupled periodic waveguides; phase velocities; slow-light states; slow-light tunneling; Frequency; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Slow light; Tunneling;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610316
