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Paper Abstract
We discuss potential advantages of slow-light waveguides compared to cavity-based structures for enhancing opto-mechanical
interactions. Then, we reveal that slow-light enhanced optical forces between side-coupled photonic-crystal nanowire
waveguides can be flexibly controlled by introducing a relative longitudinal shift. We predict that close to the photonic
band-edge, where the group velocity is reduced, the transverse force can be tuned from repulsive to attractive, and the force
is suppressed for a particular shift value. Additionally the shift leads to symmetry breaking that can facilitate longitudinal
forces acting on the waveguides, in contrast to unshifted structures where such forces vanish.
Paper Details
Date Published: 8 February 2012
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8273, Advances in Slow and Fast Light V, 827317 (8 February 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.914744
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8273:
Advances in Slow and Fast Light V
Selim M. Shahriar; Frank A. Narducci, Editor(s)
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8273, Advances in Slow and Fast Light V, 827317 (8 February 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.914744
Show Author Affiliations
Andrey A. Sukhorukov, Australian National Univ. (Australia)
Yue Sun, Australian National Univ. (Australia)
Yue Sun, Australian National Univ. (Australia)
Thomas P. White, Australian National Univ. (Australia)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8273:
Advances in Slow and Fast Light V
Selim M. Shahriar; Frank A. Narducci, Editor(s)
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