Frozen light in optical waveguides with absorption and nonlinearity

C. Martijn de Sterke*, Nadav Gutman, Andrey Sukhorukov, Yidong Chong

*Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    High-order stationary points in a dispersion relation, giving rise to frozen light, lead to efficient coupling into slow modes. Here we show that frozen light also enables low-threshold nonlinear effects and strongly enhanced optical absorption.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationIntegrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nanophotonics, IPRSN 2013
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    EventIntegrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nanophotonics, IPRSN 2013 - Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
    Duration: 14 Jul 201317 Jul 2013

    Publication series

    NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
    ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

    Conference

    ConferenceIntegrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nanophotonics, IPRSN 2013
    Country/TerritoryPuerto Rico
    CityRio Grande
    Period14/07/1317/07/13

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