Title :
Peculiarities of Light Propagation in Photonic Crystal Waveguides in the Slow Light Regime
Author :
Lavrinenko, Andrei V. ; Borel, Peter I. ; Frandsen, Lars H. ; Fage-Pedersen, Jacob
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun., Opt. & Mater., Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby
Abstract :
We report on transmission, field mapping, and spectral dependence of the group index in the slow light regime, obtained by numerical modelling. The influence of a finite number of lattice periods on the observed properties is pointed out
Keywords :
integrated optics; light propagation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; refractive index; field mapping; group index; lattice periods; light propagation peculiarities; optical transmission; photonic crystal waveguides; slow light regime; spectral dependence; Crystalline materials; Finite difference methods; Jacobian matrices; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Slow light; Photonic crystal waveguides; group velocity; slow light; transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nottingham
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0235-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0236-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2006.248346
