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Optically induced indirect photonic transitions in a slow light photonic crystal waveguide

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Date
07/02/2014
Author
Munoz, Michel Castellanos
Petrov, Alexander Yu.
O'Faolain, Liam
Li, Juntao
Krauss, Thomas F.
Eich, Manfred
Funder
EPSRC
Grant ID
EP/F001622/1
Keywords
Electromagnetic-waves
Ionization front
Silicon
Conversion
QC Physics
BDC
R2C
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Abstract
We demonstrate indirect photonic transitions in a silicon slow light photonic crystal waveguide. The transitions are driven by an optically generated refractive index front that moves along the waveguide and interacts with a signal pulse copropagating in the structure. We experimentally confirm a theoretical model which indicates that the ratio of the frequency and wave vector shifts associated with the indirect photonic transition is identical to the propagation velocity of the refractive index front. The physical origin of the transitions achieved here is fundamentally different than in previously proposed refractive index modulation concepts with fixed temporal and spatial modulation frequencies; as here, the interaction with the refractive index front results in a Doppler-like signal frequency and wave vector shift. Consequently, the bandwidth over which perfect mode frequency and wave vector matching is achieved is not intrinsically limited by the shape of the photonic bands, and tuning of the indirect photonic transitions is possible without any need for geometrical modifications of the structure. Our device is genuinely nonreciprocal, as it provides different frequency shifts for co- and counterpropagating signal and index fronts.
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Munoz , M C , Petrov , A Y , O'Faolain , L , Li , J , Krauss , T F & Eich , M 2014 , ' Optically induced indirect photonic transitions in a slow light photonic crystal waveguide ' , Physical Review Letters , vol. 112 , no. 5 , 053904 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.053904
Publication
Physical Review Letters
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.053904
ISSN
0031-9007
Type
Journal article
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© 2014. American Physical Society. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Physical Review Letters on 6 February 2014, available online: http://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.053904
 
© 2014. American Physical Society.
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M.C.M., A.Y.P. and M.E. acknowledge the support of the German Research Foundation under Grant EI 391/13-2, and appreciate the support of CST, Darmstadt, Germany, with their Finite Integration Software Microwave Studio. J.L. acknowledges the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11204386), the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (S2012040007812) and NKBRSF (G2010CB923200). T.F.K. and L.O’F acknowledge support by the EPSRC through the UK Silicon Photonics consortium.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/5073

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