Title :
All-optical switching and slow light in photonic-crystal waveguide-resonator structures
Author :
Miroshnichenko, Andrey ; Mingaleev, Sergei ; Busch, Kurt ; Kivshar, Yuri
Author_Institution :
Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra
Abstract :
We analyze resonant transmission in photonic-crystal waveguides coupled to nonlinear resonators. We reveal that the discrete nature of the photonic-crystal structures allows for a novel, geometry-mediated enhancement of nonlinear effects, based on the high-Q side-coupled nonlinear resonators, which can be useful for a design of all-optical slow-light photonic devices.
Keywords :
optical switches; photonic crystals; resonators; all-optical switching; geometry-mediated enhancement; nonlinear resonators; photonic-crystal waveguide; resonant transmission; Circuits; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, 2006 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Perth, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0578-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0578-7
DOI :
10.1109/COMMAD.2006.4429907
