Abstract
An asymmetric directional coupler scheme for the efficient injection of light into slow light slot photonic crystal waveguide modes is proposed and investigated using finite-difference time-domain simulation. Coupling wavelengths can be flexibly controlled by the geometrical parameters of a side-coupled subwavelength corrugated strip waveguide. This approach leads to a ~1dB insertion loss level up to moderately high light group indices (nG≈30) in wavelength ranges of 5-10nm. This work brings new opportunities to inject light into the slow modes of slot photonic crystal waveguides for on-chip communications using hybrid silicon photonics or sensing based on hollow core waveguides.
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