Title :
Lattice-shifted photonic crystal waveguide for slow light pulse and nonlinearity enhancement
Author :
Hamachi, Y. ; Baba, Toshihiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama
Abstract :
We fabricated lattice-shifted photonic crystal waveguides stably showing low dispersion slow light in a wide wavelength bandwidth. The two photon absorption and self-phase modulation were clearly enhanced for ps optical pulses.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; photonic crystals; self-phase modulation; slow light; two-photon processes; lattice-shifted photonic crystal waveguides; nonlinearity enhancement; self-phase modulation; slow light pulse; two photon absorption; wide wavelength bandwidth; Absorption; Bandwidth; Lattices; Optical buffering; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Resonance; Slow light; Wet etching;
Conference_Titel :
Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop, 2008. i-NOW 2008. International
Conference_Location :
Shonan Village
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2656-0
DOI :
10.1109/INOW.2008.4634570
