Backscattering and disorder limits in slow light photonic crystal waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 8676-8684

  Petrov, Alexander ^a   Krause, Michael ^a   Eich, Manfred ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DEFECTS; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WAVEGUIDES;

BACKSCATTERING INTENSITY; CRYSTAL CHANNELS; EIGEN-MODE EXPANSION; LOCALIZATION LENGTH; LOCALIZATION PHENOMENA; LOW GROUP VELOCITY; PERIODICAL STRUCTURE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE;

SLOW LIGHT;

EID: 66449090654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008676     Document Type: Article

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