Detailed characterization of slow and dispersive propagation near a mini-stop-band of an InP photonic crystal waveguide.

An experimental study of light propagation near a small band gap for a lattice-of-holes InP photonic crystal waveguide is reported. Polarization-resolved measurements of power transmission, reflection and group delay clearly reveal the PC waveguide filtering properties. Group delay enhancement was observed close to the band-edges together with very large dispersion. The test devices were fabricated with a novel technique that allows incorporation of deeply-etched photonic crystals within an InP photonic integrated circuit.

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