Title :
Low loss dispersion engineered photonic crystal waveguides for optical delay lines
Author :
Faolain, L.O. ; Schulz, S. ; Beggs, D.M. ; White, T.P. ; Falco, A. Di ; Samarelli, A. ; Sorel, M. ; De La Rue, R.M. ; Morichetti, F. ; Canciamilla, A. ; Melloni, A. ; Krauss, T.F.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate slow light photonic crystal waveguides with low dispersion and propagation loss. We then use this to create a distortion-less 1 byte delay for 25 ps pulses.
Keywords :
optical delay lines; optical dispersion; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; dispersion; optical delay lines; photonic crystal waveguides; propagation loss; slow light; Delay lines; Frequency; Optical buffering; Optical distortion; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Propagation constant; Propagation losses; Slow light; Photonic Crystal waveguides; Photonic crystal; optical buffer; slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1949-2081
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338297
