Title :
Reducing disorder-induced losses for slow-light photonic crystal waveguides through Bloch mode engineering
Author :
Mann, N. ; Combrie, S. ; Colman, Pierre ; De Rossi, A. ; Patterson, Maxx ; Hughes, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Queen´s Univ., Kingston, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We present theory and measurements of disorder-induced losses for slow-light photonic crystal waveguides. Our calculations and measurements explain how Bloch mode engineering can substantially reduce losses for the same slow-light group velocity regime.
Keywords :
optical loss measurement; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; Bloch mode engineering; disorder-induced loss measurement; disorder-induced loss reduction; disorder-induced loss theory; slow-light group velocity regime; slow-light photonic crystal waveguides; Delay lines; Indexes; Loss measurement; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Scattering; Waveguide theory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
