Title :
Losses in engineered slow light photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Faolain, Liam O. ; Schulz, Sebastian ; Beggs, Daryl M. ; White, Thomas P. ; Krauss, Thomas F. ; Samarelli, Antonio ; Sorel, Marc ; De La Rue, Richard M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
Abstract :
The authors report on the study of propagation losses in engineered slow light photonic crystal (PhC) waveguides. By modifying the rows of holes adjacent to the defect, it has been shown that dispersion can be reduced to manageable levels, enabling promising applications, such as optical buffers and for increasing light matter interactions. Loss then remains as the key issue facing slow light photonic crystals.
Keywords :
optical dispersion; optical losses; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; optical dispersion; optical losses; propagation losses; slow light photonic crystal waveguides; Backscatter; Extraterrestrial measurements; Loss measurement; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Photonic crystals; Physics; Slow light; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192031
