• 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