• DocumentCode
    2251300
  • Title

    On the mechanism of efficient coupling into slow light photonic crystal waveguides

  • Author

    Hosseini, Amir ; Xu, Xiaochuan ; Kwong, David N. ; Subbaraman, Harish ; Chen, Ray T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate effects of evanescent modes on light coupling into low light mode of photonic crystal waveguides. Numerical and experimental results show that group index tapering does not have a dominant role for efficient coupling.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; optical couplers; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; GaAs; PCW coupler; evanescent modes; group index tapering; light coupling; slow-light photonic crystal waveguides; Couplers; Couplings; Indexes; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Slow light; Strips;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951069
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2251300