Title :
Observation of heavy photon state in ultrahigh-Q photonic crystal coupled resonator chain
Author :
Kuramochi, Eiichi ; Tanabe, Takasumi ; Taniyama, Hideaki ; Kato, Masao ; Notomi, Masaya
Author_Institution :
NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0198, Japan
Abstract :
Ultrahigh-Q (105-106) resonant modes of 10 sequentially coupled photonic crystal resonators are successfully demonstrated. Evaluated dispersion curves reveal a very small coupling factor (¿¿0.0003), which corresponds to a very slow light mode.
Keywords :
Integrated optics; Optical coupling; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Plasma measurements; Resonance; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431610
