Semi-analytic method for slow light photonic crystal waveguide design
Optics
2012-03-23 v1
Abstract
We present a semi-analytic method to calculate the dispersion curves and the group velocity of photonic crystal waveguide modes in two-dimensional geometries. We model the waveguide as a homogenous strip, surrounded by photonic crystal acting as diffracting mirrors. Following conventional guided-wave optics, the properties of the photonic crystal waveguide may be calculated from the phase upon propagation over the strip and the phase upon reflection. The cases of interest require a theory including the specular order and one other diffracted reflected order. The computational advantages let us scan a large parameter space, allowing us to find novel types of solutions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1202.6426,
title = {Semi-analytic method for slow light photonic crystal waveguide design},
author = {Patrick Blown and Caitlin Fisher and Felix J. Lawrence and Nadav Gutman and C. Martijn de Sterke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.6426},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Accepted by Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications