Coherent control of light propagation in integrated optical waveguides
Ricard Menchon-Enrich
Abstract
Grup d’Optica, Dept. de Fsica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, E-08193Bellaterra, SpainDepartament de Micro i Nanosistemes, Institut de Microelectronica de Barcelona -Centre Nacional de Microelectronica, E-08193 Bellaterra, SpainE-mail: ricard.menchon@uab.catAbstract. Coherent control and manipulation of light propagation in systems ofthree coupled rib optical waveguides is addressed. We show that by an appropriatevariation of the distance among waveguides, it is possible to transfer a beam oflight between the outermost waveguides with very low excitement of the central one,resembling the Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage (STIRAP) technique. Resultsfor total internal reection (TIR) waveguides and for anti-resonant reecting opticalwaveguides (ARROW) are presented. In the case of TIR waveguides, we demonstratethat the system can be designed to be used as a spectral lter and as a refractometer.The possibility to use the system as a delay line by chaining a sequence of two STIRAPprocesses has been explored.Keywords: Total internal reection waveguides (TIR), anti-resonant reecting opticalwaveguides (ARROW), Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage (STIRAP).