Title :
Simulation study of the stability of polarization structure in disordered photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Lang, B. ; Beggs, D.M. ; Young, A. ; Rarity, J. ; Oulton, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Abstract :
The effects of short range disorder on the polarization characteristics of light in W1 photonic crystal waveguides were simulated. It was found that points of local circular polarization (C-points) were robust in both quantity and location.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; W1 photonic crystal waveguides; disordered photonic crystal waveguides; light polarization characteristics; local circular polarization; polarization structure stability; short range disorder; Lattices; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Polarization; Quantum dots; Robustness; Stokes parameters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
