Title :
Low dispersion slow light and nonlinearity enhancement in lattice-shifted photonic crystal waveguide
Author :
Hamachi, Y. ; Kubo, S. ; Baba, T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama
Abstract :
We fabricated lattice-shifted photonic crystal waveguides stably showing low dispersion slow light in a wide wavelength bandwidth. The two photon absorption and self-phase modulation were clearly enhanced for sub-ps optical pulses.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical dispersion; optical fabrication; optical lattices; optical materials; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; self-phase modulation; two-photon processes; lattice-shifted photonic crystal waveguide; low dispersion slow light; nonlinearity enhancement; optical pulses; self-phase modulation; two photon absorption; waveguide fabrication; Bandwidth; Electromagnetic waveguides; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Slow light; (230.5298) Photonic crystals; (230.7370) Waveguides;
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
