Title :
Slow pulse propagation in long photonic crystal coupled cavity waveguides
Author :
Kuramochi, Eiichi ; Tanabe, Takasumi ; Taniyama, Hideaki ; Notomi, Masaya
Author_Institution :
NTT Basic Res. Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi
Abstract :
A pulse delay corresponding to a slow group velocity of ~0.008 c was observed in a low-loss coupled cavity waveguide formed by 60 photonic crystal nanocavities whose intrinsic Q was as high as 106.
Keywords :
cavity resonators; light propagation; optical losses; optical materials; optical resonators; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; low-loss coupled cavity waveguide; photonic crystal nanocavities; pulse delay; slow group velocity; slow pulse propagation; Insertion loss; Integrated optics; Nanoscale devices; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical propagation; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Passband; Photonic crystals; (230.3120) Integrated optics devices; (230.5298) Photonic crystals; (230.5750) Resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
