Title :
Role of evanescent modes in direct, efficient coupling into slow light photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
de Sterke, C.M. ; Dossou, K.B. ; White, T.P. ; Botten, L.C. ; McPhedran, R.C.
Author_Institution :
CUDOS, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Abstract :
The assumption that coupling into slow PC waveguide modes is inefficient is shown to be incorrect. Efficient coupling is possible, provided strong evanescent modes are present to match fields at the interface with fast medium.
Keywords :
Astronomy; Australia; Dispersion; Geometry; Lattices; Optical coupling; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
