DocumentCode
2721545
Title
Experimental observation of slow light tunneling in coupled periodic waveguides
Author
Ha, Sangwoo ; Sukhorukov, Andrey A. ; Powell, David A. ; Shadrivov, Ilya V. ; Lavrinenko, Andrei V. ; Chigrin, Dmitry N. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution
Nonlinear Phys. Centre & Centre for Ultra-high b&width Devices for Opt. Syst., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
fYear
2008
fDate
7-10 July 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We report the first observation of slow-light tunneling between coupled periodic waveguides, designed to simultaneously support two slow-light states with different phase velocities in the same frequency range. Numerical simulations agree well with experimental results.
Keywords
optical couplers; optical waveguides; tunnelling; coupled periodic waveguides; phase velocities; slow-light states; slow-light tunneling; Frequency; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Slow light; Tunneling;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location
Sydney
Print_ISBN
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-85825-807-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610316
Filename
4610316
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