We review recent advances related to slow light in periodic structures, where the refractive
index varies along one or two directions, ie gratings and planar photonic crystals. We focus …

Real photonic waveguides are affected by structural imperfections due to fabrication
tolerances that cause scattering phenomena when the light propagates through. These …

On-chip chiral quantum light-matter interfaces, which support directional interactions,
provide a promising platform for efficient spin-photon coupling, nonreciprocal photonic …

Light transmission measurements and frequency-delay reflectometry maps for GaAs
photonic crystal membranes are presented and analyzed, showing the transition from …

We demonstrate experimentally that the fiber to fiber total insertion loss into a single-mode
waveguide in a suspended photonic crystal membrane can be reduced to less than 10 dB …

The optical equivalent of the quantum mechanical oscillator is demonstrated in a photonic
crystal cavity, owing to the balance of the background dispersion and a bichromatic …

The use in silicon photonics of the new optical materials developed in soft matter science
(eg polymers, liquids) is delicate because their low refractive index weakens the …

The dispersive properties of waves are strongly affected by inevitable residual disorder in
man-made propagating media, in particular in the slow wave regime. By a direct …

We introduce a nanoscale photonic platform based on gallium phosphide. Owing to the
favorable material properties, peak power intensity levels of 50 GW/cm^ 2 are safely …

We demonstrate dispersion tailoring by coupling the even and the odd modes in a line-
defect photonic crystal waveguide. Coupling is determined ab-initio using group theory …