We review recent advances related to slow light in periodic structures, where the refractive
index varies along one or two directions, ie gratings and planar photonic crystals. We focus …

Real photonic waveguides are affected by structural imperfections due to fabrication
tolerances that cause scattering phenomena when the light propagates through. These …

Recently, strongly modulated photonic crystals, fabricated by the state-of-the-art
semiconductor nanofabrication process, have realized various novel optical properties. This …

Solitons are nonlinear waves present in diverse physical systems including plasmas, water
surfaces and optics. In silicon, the presence of two photon absorption and accompanying …

Slow light devices such as photonic crystal waveguides (PhCW) and coupled resonator
optical waveguides (CROW) have much promise for optical signal processing applications …

On-chip chiral quantum light-matter interfaces, which support directional interactions,
provide a promising platform for efficient spin-photon coupling, nonreciprocal photonic …

The accelerating increase in information traffic demands the expansion of optical access
network systems that require the cost reduction of optical and photonic components. Low …

A silicon/organic hybrid modulator integrating photonic crystal (PC) waveguide, 75 nm slot,
and electro-optic (EO) polymer is experimentally demonstrated. Slow light in PC waveguide …

The threshold properties of photonic crystal quantum dot lasers operating in the slow-light
regime are investigated experimentally and theoretically. Measurements show that, in …

We demonstrate continuous wave four-wave mixing in silicon photonic crystal waveguides
of 396 μm length with a group index of n_g= 30. The highest observed conversion efficiency …