Title :
Coupled defect-waveguides in amorphous photonic lattices: Enhanced coupling through randomness
Author :
Szameit, A. ; Rechtsman, M.C. ; Heinrich, M. ; Dreisow, F. ; Keil, R. ; Nolte, S. ; Segev, M.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We present, experimentally and theoretically, coupled defect-waveguides in an amorphous photonic lattice, exhibiting enhanced coupling by virtue of disorder.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical lattices; optical waveguides; amorphous photonic lattices; coupled defect-waveguides; enhanced coupling; Couplings; Lattices; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Stochastic processes; Waveguide discontinuities;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
