Slow light propagation in liquid-crystal infiltrated silicon-on-insulator photonic crystal channel waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2560-2571

  Rawal, Swati ^a   Sinha, R K ^a   De La Rue, Richard M ^b  

^a DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group velocity dispersion; Liquid crystal infiltration; Photonic crystal; Slow wave structures

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; BROAD BANDWIDTHS; CRYSTAL CHANNELS; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; GROUP INDEX; HIGH TRANSMISSION; HIGHER ORDER DISPERSION; LIQUID CRYSTAL INFILTRATION; PROPAGATION LOSS; SILICON CORES; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SLOW WAVE STRUCTURES;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; DISPERSIONS; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; LIGHT VELOCITY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS;

SLOW LIGHT;

EID: 77956054935     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2053915     Document Type: Article

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