Delay-time-enhanced flat-band photonic crystal waveguides with capsule-shaped holes on silicon nanomembrane

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1510-1514

  Chen, Yun Sheng ^a   Zhao, Yang ^a   Hosseini, Amir ^a   Kwong, David ^a   Jiang, Wei ^b   Bank, Seth R ^a   Tutuc, Emanuel ^a   Chen, Ray T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group velocity dispersion; Photonic crystal waveguide; Slow group velocity

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; DELAY TIME; FLAT BAND; GROUP INDEX; GROUP VELOCITIES; HEXAGONAL LATTICE; NANOMEMBRANES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL-SLAB WAVEGUIDES; SHAPED HOLES; SLOW GROUP VELOCITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ASPECT RATIO; BANDWIDTH; DISPERSIONS; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT VELOCITY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PRESSURE DROP; WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 70350189958     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2020811     Document Type: Conference Paper

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