• DocumentCode
    2256293
  • Title

    Effect of loss on slow-light enhanced absorption in liquid-infiltrated photonic crystals

  • Author

    Pedersen, Jesper ; Xiao, Sanshui ; Mortensen, Niels Asger

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Micro & Nanotechnol., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study slow-light enhancement of absorption measurements in photonic crystals composed of lossy dielectrics. We find that the material loss has an unexpected limited drawback and may even increase the bandwidth for low-index contrast systems.
  • Keywords
    absorption coefficients; dielectric losses; optical losses; photonic crystals; Bragg stack; enhancement factor; liquid-infiltrated photonic crystals; lossy dielectrics; low-index contrast system; slow-light enhanced absorption loss; Absorption; Crystalline materials; Dielectric loss measurement; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; Dielectric measurements; Liquid crystals; Loss measurement; Optical losses; Photonic crystals; (050.5298) Photonic crystals; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (300.1030) Absorption;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572331