10.5445/KSP/1000009905
Brosi, Jan-Michael
Freude, W.
Slow-light photonic crystal devices for high-speed optical signal processing
Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe
2009
Photonic Crystal
Slow Light
Silicon Photonics
Electro-Optic Modulator
Optical Delay Line
en
Doctoral thesis
Open Access
This book discusses design, modeling, and the characterization of slow-light photonic crystal waveguides. Guidelines are developed to obtain slow-light waveguides with broadband characteristics and with low disorder-induced losses. Three functional devices are proposed and studied: A tunable dispersion compensator, a tunable optical delay line, and a high-speed electro-optic modulator. Optical and microwave measurements confirm the designs.