Flat band slow light in asymmetric photonic crystal waveguide based on microfluidic infiltration

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3930-3934

  Lü, Shuyuan ^a,b   Zhao, Jianlin ^a,b   Zhang, Dong ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SLOW LIGHT; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; WAVEGUIDES;

AIR HOLES; ASYMMETRIC WAVEGUIDES; BANDWIDTH PRODUCT; CLADDING LAYER; GROUP INDEX; LOW DISPERSIONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 77955913751     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003930     Document Type: Article

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