Title :
Engineering group index parameter in slow light photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Ustun, Kadir ; Kurt, Hamza
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., TOBB Univ. of Econ. & Technol., Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
The dependency of group index to the shape and size of each cell reveals the paramount importance of separating the intermix nature of the geometrical modifications to obtain large group index for slow light applications.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; geometrical modifications; group index; slow light photonic crystal waveguides; Dispersion; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic waveguides; Frequency; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Pulse width modulation; Shape; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343077