Slow light photonic crystal line-defect waveguides [Elektronische Ressource] / von Alexander Petrov

Slow light photonic crystal line-defect waveguides Vom Promotionsausschuss der Technischen Universität Hamburg-Harburg zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktor der Naturwissenschaften genehmigte Dissertation von Alexander Petrov aus Sankt Petersburg 2008 Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Manfred Eich (TU Hamburg-Harburg) Pror. Dr. Ernst Brinkmeyer (TU Hamburg-Harburg) Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 16. November 2007 This dissertation has been published as a book by Cuvillier Verlag Göttingen (http://www.cuvillier.de). Contents 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Photonic crystal line defect waveguides in SOI............................................... 1 1.2 Goals and outline of this thesis ........................................................................ 2 1.2.1 Goals .................................................................................................... 2 1.2.2 Outline.................................................................................................. 3 2. Background 5 2.1 Photonic crystal line-defect waveguides.......................................................... 5 2.1.1 2D structure.......................................................................................... 5 2.1.2 2D slab structure .................................................................................. 8 2.2 Transfer Matrix Method................................................................................... 9 2.2.