Statistical fluctuations of transmission in slow light photonic-crystal waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 14654-14663

  Mazoyer, S ^a   Laianne, P ^a   Rodier, J C ^a   Hugonin, J P ^a   Spasenovic M ^b   Kuipers, L ^b   Beggs, D M ^c   Krauss, T F ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

BLOCH MODES; GROUP INDEX; INTERMEDIATE REGIMES; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATE; LOCALIZATION EFFECT; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; STATISTICAL FLUCTUATIONS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

SLOW LIGHT;

EID: 78149258702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.014654     Document Type: Article

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