• DocumentCode
    444147
  • Title

    Nearfield investigation of mode structure in photonic crystal waveguides

  • Author

    Abashin, M. ; Levy, U. ; Fainman, Y. ; Tortora, P. ; Nakagawa, W. ; Vaccaro, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    374
  • Abstract
    We studied light propagation inside photonic crystal waveguides by nearfield scanning optical microscope. Amplitude and phase distributions were mapped for straight and bent waveguides, characteristic modes for different wavelengths and their periodic interchange were observed.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; optical microscopes; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; waveguide discontinuities; amplitude distributions; bent waveguides; light propagation; mode structure; nearfield scanning optical microscope; phase distributions; photonic crystal waveguides; straight waveguides; Biomembranes; Optical feedback; Optical microscopy; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures; Photonic crystals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548786
  • Filename
    1548786