Ultrafast adiabatic manipulation of slow light in a photonic crystal
Abstract
We demonstrate by experiment and theory that a light pulse propagating through a Si-based photonic-crystal waveguide is adiabatically blueshifted when the refractive index of the Si is reduced on a femtosecond time scale. Thanks to the use of slow-light modes, we are able to shift a 1.3-ps pulse at telecom frequencies by 0.3 THz with an efficiency as high as 80% in a waveguide as short as 19 mu m. An analytic theory reproduces the experimental data excellently, which shows that adiabatic dynamics are possible even on the femtosecond time scale as long as the external stimulus conserves the spatial symmetry of the system.
Citation
Kampfrath , T , Beggs , D M , White , T P , Melloni , A , Krauss , T F & Kuipers , L 2010 , ' Ultrafast adiabatic manipulation of slow light in a photonic crystal ' , Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics , vol. 81 , no. 4 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.043837
Publication
Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1050-2947Type
Journal article
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©2010 The American Physical Society
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