• DocumentCode
    444178
  • Title

    Disorder-induced optical scattering loss in planar photonic crystal waveguides: theory and experiment

  • Author

    Hughes, S. ; Ramunno, L. ; Kuramochi, E. ; Watanabe, T. ; Shinya, A. ; Notomi, M.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Basic Res. Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    467
  • Abstract
    We directly compare a photon Green function theory of extrinsic optical scattering loss in planar-photonic-crystal waveguides with state-of-the-art measurements. The calculations successfully explain the strongly dispersive disorder-induced loss measurements over broadband frequencies.
  • Keywords
    Green´s function methods; crystal defects; light scattering; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide theory; photonic crystals; broadband frequencies; disorder-induced optical scattering loss; dispersive disorder-induced loss measurements; extrinsic optical scattering loss; photon Green function theory; planar photonic crystal waveguide; state-of-the-art measurements; Dispersion; Green function; Loss measurement; Optical losses; Optical planar waveguides; Optical scattering; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Planar waveguides;
  • 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.2005.1548818
  • Filename
    1548818