Title :
Slotted photonic crystal waveguides and cavities for slow light and sensing applications
Author :
Falco, A. Di ; O´Faolain, L. ; Krauss, T.F.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews
Abstract :
We present experimental evidence of light guiding and confinement in suspended slotted photonic crystal waveguides and cavities, where light is confined in extremely small air volumes, for slow light and chemical sensing applications.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; photonic crystals; chemical sensing; light sensing; photonic crystal waveguides; Chemicals; Cutoff frequency; Dispersion; Optical microscopy; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Resonance; Scanning electron microscopy; Slow light; Photonic Crystal waveguides; Photonic crystal microcavities; chemical sensing; slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1769-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1768-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638154
