Local investigation of photonic crystal devices in space and time

Author

Kuipers, L. ; Engelen, R.J.P. ; Gersen, H. ; Karle, T.J. ; Korterik, J.P. ; van Hulst, N.F. ; Sugimoto, Y. ; Ikeda, N. ; Krauss, T.F. ; Asakawa, K.

Author_Institution

FOM Inst. for Atomic & Molecular Phys., Amsterdam

fYear

2005

fDate

17-17 June 2005

Firstpage

571

Lastpage

571

Abstract

In this paper, the investigation of light propagating inside such a structure is usually limited by both the diffraction limit and the absence of radiating light. We have solved this by investigating a photonic crystal waveguide with a phase-sensitive time-resolved near-field scanning microscope. Photonic crystals are promising structures for controlling light, because the light has to obey Bloch´s theorem. The resulting control over optical dispersion allows time control in integrated optical structures and enhancement of light-matter interactions

Keywords

integrated optics; light diffraction; light propagation; near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical dispersion; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; Bloch s theorem; diffraction limit; integrated optical structures; light propagation; light-matter interactions; near-field scanning microscope; optical dispersion; photonic crystal devices; photonic crystal waveguide; radiating light; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; Integrated optics; Lighting control; Optical control; Optical diffraction; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8974-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568348

Filename

1568348