Subwavelength-Diameter Silica Wire and Photonic Crystal Waveguide Slow Light Coupling

Zhang, Ziyang; Andersson, Ulf; Qiu, Min

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/78602

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Volume 2007 | Article ID 078602 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/78602

Subwavelength-Diameter Silica Wire and Photonic Crystal Waveguide Slow Light Coupling

Ziyang Zhang,¹Ulf Andersson,²and Min Qiu¹

Academic Editor: Yalin Lu

Received28 Aug 2007

Accepted21 Oct 2007

Published06 Dec 2007

Abstract

Counter-directional coupling between subwavelength-diameter silica wire and single-line-defect two-dimensional photonic crystal slab waveguide is studied numerically using parallel three-dimensional finite-different time-domain method. By modifying silica wire properties or engineering photonic crystal waveguide dispersion band, the coupling central wavelength can be moved to the slow light region and the coupling efficiency improves simultaneously. One design gives 82% peak power transmission from silica wire to photonic crystal waveguide over an interacting distance of 50 lattice constants. The group velocity is estimated as 1/35 of light speed in vacuum.

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