Slow Light Properties of 2D Photonic Crystal Waveguide for Optical Storage in Optical Computers

Abstract:

Slow light properties of the photonic crystal line-defect waveguide are researched with the plane wave expansion method. The structure of the waveguide is adjusted with several methods mentioned above at the same time and the slow light properties get better. For the structure of dielectric rods, central frequency and the group velocity of the guided modes decrease with the increase of the radii of the defected rods as well as the dielectric constant. Effects on the slow light from the change of the defected rods’ position are also studied, through moving the rods up and down; we get the almost linear guide mode which has flat slow light curve and smaller group velocity. In a word, group velocity of the slow light is mainly affected by the radii and dielectric constant of the defected rods, and group velocity dispersion is decided by the change of the defected rods’ location.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 452-453)
• Pages: 1210-1214
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.452-453.1210
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Qi Liu, Qi Chao Liu
• Keywords: Group Velocity Dispersion, Guided Mode, Line-Defect Waveguide, Photonic Crystal (PC), Slow Light

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