Title :
Suppression and control over the decay of a leaky mode through a transverse refractive index gradient
Author :
Plotnik, Yonatan ; Peleg, Or ; Moiseyev, Nimrod ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We demonstrate that the decay of leaky modes can be reduced by orders of magnitude, and controlled in a robust fashion, using a transverse refractive index gradient.
Keywords :
localised modes; refractive index; decay; leaky mode; transverse refractive index gradient; Indexes; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
