Title :
On the mechanism of efficient coupling into slow light photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Hosseini, Amir ; Xu, Xiaochuan ; Kwong, David N. ; Subbaraman, Harish ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We investigate effects of evanescent modes on light coupling into low light mode of photonic crystal waveguides. Numerical and experimental results show that group index tapering does not have a dominant role for efficient coupling.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; optical couplers; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; GaAs; PCW coupler; evanescent modes; group index tapering; light coupling; slow-light photonic crystal waveguides; Couplers; Couplings; Indexes; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Slow light; Strips;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
