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Modeling of single- and multimode photonic-crystal planar waveguides with the plane-wave admittance method

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In this paper we present the plane-wave admittance method (PWAM) in application to modeling light propagation in photonic crystal waveguides. We determine out-of-plane losses in single- and multimode waveguides and analyze the coupling of fundamental and higher-order modes in the latter case. Finally we compute the group velocity of light and show the possibilities and costs of achieving a very slow light regime.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Technical University of Lodz, ul. Wolczanska 219, 93-005, Lodz, Poland

    M. Dems

  2. Department of Applied Physics and Photonics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    K. Panajotov

  3. Institute of Solid State Physics, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784, Sofia, Bulgaria

    K. Panajotov

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Dems, M., Panajotov, K. Modeling of single- and multimode photonic-crystal planar waveguides with the plane-wave admittance method. Appl. Phys. B 89, 19–23 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-007-2756-x

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