• DocumentCode
    2023821
  • Title

    Pulse velocity near the optical band-gap edge

  • Author

    Mazilu, Michael ; Gallet, Jean-Francois ; Miller, Alan

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Saint Andrews Univ., UK
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2004
  • Firstpage
    882
  • Abstract
    Photonic crystal waveguides exhibit superluminal and ultra slow group velocities at the band-edge. We show the breakdown of the standard group velocity at the band-edge and compare different generalized pulse velocity definitions.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; optical waveguide theory; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; optical band-gap edge; photonic crystal waveguides; pulse velocity; superluminal group velocities; ultraslow group velocities; Electromagnetic propagation; Frequency; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8557-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363524
  • Filename
    1363524