Title :
Effect of loss on slow-light enhanced absorption in liquid-infiltrated photonic crystals
Author :
Pedersen, Jesper ; Xiao, Sanshui ; Mortensen, Niels Asger
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Micro & Nanotechnol., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
Abstract :
We study slow-light enhancement of absorption measurements in photonic crystals composed of lossy dielectrics. We find that the material loss has an unexpected limited drawback and may even increase the bandwidth for low-index contrast systems.
Keywords :
absorption coefficients; dielectric losses; optical losses; photonic crystals; Bragg stack; enhancement factor; liquid-infiltrated photonic crystals; lossy dielectrics; low-index contrast system; slow-light enhanced absorption loss; Absorption; Crystalline materials; Dielectric loss measurement; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; Dielectric measurements; Liquid crystals; Loss measurement; Optical losses; Photonic crystals; (050.5298) Photonic crystals; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (300.1030) Absorption;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
