• DocumentCode
    2849215
  • Title

    Slow light enhancement of nonlinear effects in photonic crystal waveguides

  • Author

    Santagiustina, M. ; Someda, C.G. ; Vadalà, G. ; De Rossi, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Ing. dell´´Inf., Univ. di Padova, Padova, Italy
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-23 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    The nonlinear effective coefficients of self-, cross-phase modulation and four-wave mixing are rigorously derived for photonic crystal waveguides. The enhancement of nonlinearities in the regime of slow light is determined.
  • Keywords
    multiwave mixing; optical modulation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; cross-phase modulation; four-wave mixing; nonlinear effective coefficients; nonlinear effects; photonic crystal waveguides; slow light enhancement; Indexes; Mathematical model; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Slow light;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Torino
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8536-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8534-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621511
  • Filename
    5621511