Disorder-induced coherent scattering in slow-light photonic crystal waveguides

Author

Patterson, M. ; Hughes, S. ; Combrié, S. ; Tran, N. V Quynh ; De Rossi, A. ; Gabet, R. ; Jaouën, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, ON, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A new scattering theory for describing disorder-induced multiple scattering events in photonic crystal waveguides is presented with matching experiments on GaAs samples. Our self-consistent 3D model successfully reproduces the rich experimental features including band-edge resonances.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; light coherence; light scattering; optical waveguide theory; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; slow light; GaAs; band-edge resonance; coherent scattering; disorder; photonic crystal waveguides; self-consistent 3D model; slow light; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Light scattering; Optical scattering; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Particle scattering; Photonic crystals; Resonance light scattering; Waveguide theory; (130.5296) Photonic crystal waveguides; (290.4210) Multiple scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224300