Title :
Slow light with silicon photonic crystal ring microcavities
Author :
Lee, Jonathan Y. ; Fauchet, Philippe M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate one-dimensional photonic crystal microring cavities coupled to straight waveguide in silicon-on-insulator. Near the photonic band edge, we measure large group index of ~14 by optimizing the evanescent coupling with different waveguides widths.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; optical couplers; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; Si; evanescent coupling; group index; microring cavities; photonic band edge; silicon photonic crystal; silicon-on-insulator; slow light; straight waveguide; waveguides widths; Couplings; Dispersion; Indexes; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2010 7th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6344-2
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2010.5643417
