Slow-light enhanced absorption in a hollow-core fiber

Jure Grgic, Sanshui Xiao, Jesper Mørk, Antti-Pekka Jauho, Asger Mortensen

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    Abstract

    Light traversing a hollow-core photonic band-gap fiber may experience multiple reflections and thereby a slow-down and enhanced optical path length. This offers a technologically interesting way of increasing the optical absorption of an otherwise weakly absorbing material which can infiltrate the fibre. However, in contrast to structures with a refractive index that varies along the propagation direction, like Bragg stacks, the translationally invariant structures studied here feature an intrinsic trade-off between light slow-down and filling fraction that limits the net absorption enhancement. We quantify the degree of absorption enhancement that can be achieved and its dependence on key material parameters. By treating the absorption and index on equal footing, we demonstrate the existence of an absorption-induced saturation of the group index that itself limits the maximum absorption enhancement that can be achieved.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalOptics Express
    Volume18
    Issue number13
    Pages (from-to)14270-14279
    ISSN1094-4087
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

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    This paper was published in Optics Express and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-18-13-14270. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.

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