Impact of the residual disorder on the slow light regime in 1D and 2D photonic crystals structures

Author

Le Thomas, N. ; Houdré, R. ; Kotlyar, M.V. ; Beggs, D.M. ; Krauss, T.F.

Author_Institution

Fac. des Sci. de Base, Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We experimentally investigate the effect of residual disorder on the dispersion curve of light near a band edge. A Fourier space imaging technique accurately distinguishes the propagating regime from evanescent regime in planar photonic crystal.

Keywords

optical dispersion; photonic crystals; slow light; 1D photonic crystals; 2D photonic crystals; Fourier space imaging; band edge; evanescent regime; light dispersion curve; planar photonic crystal; propagating regime; residual disorder; slow light regime; Photonic crystals; Slow light; (050.5082) Phase space in wave optics; (050.5298) Photonic crystals; (070.2590) Fourier optics; (110.3080) Infrared imaging; (130.2790) Guided waves; (130.3130) Integrated optics materials; (260.2030) Dispersion; (350.4238) Nanophotonics and photonic crystals; (350.5500) Propagation;

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

5225476