Abstract
In this paper, we demonstrate state-of-the-art slow light in silicon-on-insulator photonic crystal coupled waveguide, which allows slow light pulse transmission and its tunable delay by means of structural chirping. The key idea of this study is the application of a folded chirping profile to the structure, instead of the conventional monotonous chirping. It suppresses unwanted spectral oscillation caused by structural disordering and expands the tuning range. By postprocessing an airhole-diameter-chirped device, we show that 0.9-ps-wide slow light pulses are delayed for 72 ps, corresponding to a buffering capacity of 80 bits. In a separate, unchirped device, we demonstrate a tunable delay by applying thermally induced index chirping. Here, a maximum tuning range of 103 ps and a tunable capacity of 22 bits are obtained.
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