Statistical fluctuations of transmission in slow light photonic-crystal waveguides

• Published in: Optics express Vol. 18; no. 14; pp. 14654 - 14663
• Main Authors: Mazoyer, S, Lalanne, P, Rodier, J C, Hugonin, J P, Spasenović, M, Kuipers, L, Beggs, D M, Krauss, T F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Optical Society of America - OSA Publishing 05.07.2010
• Subjects: Engineering Sciences; Optics; Photonic; Physics

We report statistical fluctuations for the transmissions of a series of photonic-crystal waveguides (PhCWs) that are supposedly identical and that only differ because of statistical structural fabrication-induced imperfections. For practical PhCW lengths offering tolerable -3dB attenuation with mode...