• DocumentCode
    2251371
  • Title

    Increased optical intensity near high order Degenerate Photonic Band Edges for nonlinear applications

  • Author

    Gutman, N. ; Botten, L.C. ; De Sterke, C. Martijn

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show theoretically that Degenerate Band Edges (DBEs) lead to high optical intensities. A method is proposed to create arbitrary DBE, (ω - ωD) = k2n, for any integer n, by coupling n optical modes by multiple superimposed periodic structures.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; nonlinear optics; photonic band gap; high order degenerate photonic band edges; multiple superimposed periodic structures; nonlinear applications; optical intensity; Couplings; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber theory; Optical surface waves;
  • 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
    5951071