Control of dispersion in photonic crystal waveguides using group symmetry theory.
We demonstrate dispersion tailoring by coupling the even and the odd modes in a line-defect photonic crystal waveguide. Coupling is determined ab-initio using group theory analysis, rather than by trial-error optimisation of the design parameters. A family of dispersion curves is generated by controlling a single geometrical parameter. This concept is demonstrated experimentally with very good agreement with theory.
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Pierre
P
Colman
Sylvain
S
Combrié
Gaëlle
G
Lehoucq
Alfredo
A
De Rossi