Title :
What is the velocity of slow light in weakly disordered optical slow-wave structures?
Author :
Mookherjea, Shayan ; Oh, Andrew
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Abstract :
In an optical slow wave structure, even small disorder (e.g., few nanometer roughness) can greatly limit by how much the light velocity is reduced. We derive an analytical result for the slowing factor as a function of (weak) disorder, in agreement with experimental observations.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; light velocity; micromechanical resonators; optical resonators; optical waveguides; slow wave structures; coupled-resonator optical waveguides; microresonators; photonic crystal cavities; slow light velocity; superstructure gratings; weakly disordered optical slow-wave structure; Electromagnetic coupling; Equations; Gratings; Microstructure; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Slow light; Transmission line matrix methods;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452744
