Effect of disorder on slow light velocity in optical slow-wave structures

被引：58

作者：

Mookherjea, Shayan ^{[1
]}

Oh, Andrew ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2007年 / 32卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.32.000289

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Slow-wave optical structures such as coupled photonic crystal cavities, coupled microresonators, and similar coupled-resonator optical waveguides are being proposed for slowing light because of the nature of their dispersion relationship. Since the group velocity becomes small, slow light and enhanced light-matter interaction may be observed at the edges of the waveguiding band. We derive a model of the effects of disorder on slow light in such structures, obtaining a relationship between the root-mean-square variation in the coupling coefficients and how slow the light is at the band edge. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.

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页码：289 / 291

页数：3

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