• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 32, Issue 2, 213001 (2012)
Zhang Wei*, Wang Zhiyong, Wang Wenchao, Yang Hui, and Qiu Qi
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    DOI: 10.3788/aos201232.0213001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zhang Wei, Wang Zhiyong, Wang Wenchao, Yang Hui, Qiu Qi. Investigation on Wideband Slow Light Based on Photonic-Crystal Coupled Waveguides[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2012, 32(2): 213001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A photonic-crystal coupled waveguide is proposed by introducing two line-defects to perfect triangular lattice. By analyzing the dependence of band shape on various structure parameteral, unique band with approximate zero group velocity can be obtained in an optimized photonic-crystal coupled waveguide. Moreover, by chirping the widths of the photonic-crystal waveguides in the optimized structure, a perfect wideband slow light is obtained, it possesses the bandwidth of 13.24 nm and the average group index of 28, which is verified by means of two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations, and our numerical analysis shows that Gaussian pulses passing through the coupled waveguide have a relative temporal spreading below 10%.
    Zhang Wei, Wang Zhiyong, Wang Wenchao, Yang Hui, Qiu Qi. Investigation on Wideband Slow Light Based on Photonic-Crystal Coupled Waveguides[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2012, 32(2): 213001
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