Slow light property improvement and optical buffer capability in ring-shape-hole photonic crystal waveguide

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3083-3090

  Zhai, Yi ^a   Tian, Huiping ^a   Ji, Yuefeng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Buffer capability; group velocity dispersion (GVD); photonic crystal; slow light

Indexed keywords

BUFFER CAPABILITY; FLAT BAND; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION (GVD); LIGHT PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTICAL BUFFER; OPTICAL BUFFERING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION;

BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WAVEGUIDES;

SLOW LIGHT;

EID: 80053647309     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2165334     Document Type: Article

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