• DocumentCode
    510573
  • 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
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-6 Nov. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5377238
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=510573