title: Coupling into slow-mode photonic crystal waveguides.
abstract: We study efficient injectors for coupling light from z-invariant ridge waveguides into slow Bloch modes of single-row defect photonic crystal waveguides. Two-dimensional vectorial computations performed with a Bloch mode theory approach predict that very high efficiencies (>90%) can be achieved for injector lengths of only a few wavelengths in length, even for small group velocities in the range of c/100-c/400. This result suggests that photonic crystal devices operating with slow waves can be interfaced with classical waveguides without sacrificing compactness.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Campus Polytechnique, RD 128, 91127, Palaiseau Cedex, France.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hugonin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lalanne
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Krauss