Title :
Increased optical intensity near high order Degenerate Photonic Band Edges for nonlinear applications
Author :
Gutman, N. ; Botten, L.C. ; De Sterke, C. Martijn
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We show theoretically that Degenerate Band Edges (DBEs) lead to high optical intensities. A method is proposed to create arbitrary DBE, (ω - ωD) = k2n, for any integer n, by coupling n optical modes by multiple superimposed periodic structures.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; nonlinear optics; photonic band gap; high order degenerate photonic band edges; multiple superimposed periodic structures; nonlinear applications; optical intensity; Couplings; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber theory; Optical surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4