• DocumentCode
    2881900
  • Title

    The effect of higher order dispersion on slow light propagation in photonic crystal waveguides

  • Author

    Engelen, R.J.P. ; Sugimoto, Y. ; Watanabe, Y. ; Korterik, J.P. ; Ikeda, N. ; van Hulst, N.F. ; Asakawa, K. ; Kuipers, L.

  • Author_Institution
    FOM Inst. for Atomic & Mol. Phys., Amsterdam
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have studied the dispersion of femtosecond pulses in a photonic crystal waveguide. We found that slow propagating pulses were asymmetrically broadened, due to higher order dispersion. With decreasing group velocity, the asymmetry increased.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; femtosecond pulses; group velocity; higher order dispersion; photonic crystal waveguides; slow light propagation; Dispersion; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Slow light; Ultrafast optics; (160.3130) Integrated optics materials; (190.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons; (260.2030) Dispersion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628878
  • Filename
    4628878