Title :
Nearfield investigation of mode structure in photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Abashin, M. ; Levy, U. ; Fainman, Y. ; Tortora, P. ; Nakagawa, W. ; Vaccaro, L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We studied light propagation inside photonic crystal waveguides by nearfield scanning optical microscope. Amplitude and phase distributions were mapped for straight and bent waveguides, characteristic modes for different wavelengths and their periodic interchange were observed.
Keywords :
light propagation; optical microscopes; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; waveguide discontinuities; amplitude distributions; bent waveguides; light propagation; mode structure; nearfield scanning optical microscope; phase distributions; photonic crystal waveguides; straight waveguides; Biomembranes; Optical feedback; Optical microscopy; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Periodic structures; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548786
