Optical wave transport and localization in disordered photonic crystal waveguides

Author

Topolancik, Juraj ; Vollmer, Frank ; Ilic, Rob ; Crescimanno, Michael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Effects of disorder on linear wave propagation in photonic crystal waveguides are investigated. In-plane translational and vertical symmetry of the crystal are broken by disorder. High-Q cavity excitation mechanism based on polarization mixing is introduced.

Keywords

integrated optics; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical materials; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; disordered photonic crystal waveguides; high-Q cavity excitation mechanism; in-plane translational; integrated optics devices; linear wave propagation; optical wave transport; polarization mixing; Lattices; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Resonance light scattering; Shape; Slabs; Tellurium; (230.3120) Integrated Optics Devices; (230.5298) Photonic crystals; (230.5750) Resonators; (230.7390) Waveguides. Slab;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224893