• DocumentCode
    448191
  • Title

    Self-guiding of light in a low-index photonic-crystal film

  • Author

    Augustin, M. ; Fuchs, H.J. ; Schelle, D. ; Kley, E.-B. ; Nolte, S. ; Tünnermann, A. ; Iliew, R. ; Etrich, C. ; Peschel, U. ; Lederer, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Germany
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1168
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate diffractionless propagation of light over 12 diffraction lengths and transverse routing of this self-guided light in a two-dimensional low-index photonic crystal film. Experimental results and three-dimensional calculations are in good agreement.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; optical films; optical waveguides; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; ridge waveguides; 2-D low-index photonic-crystal film; diffractionless light propagation; self-guided light; transverse routing; Integrated optics; Lattices; Optical diffraction; Optical films; Optical propagation; Personal communication networks; Photonic crystals; Routing; Slabs; Tellurium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202060
  • Filename
    1573126