Slow light in tunable low dispersion wide bandwidth photonic crystal waveguides infiltrated with magnetic fluids

We analyze the properties of a photonic crystal waveguide as a device capable of producing slow light along a wide bandwidth. The proposed structure consists of a square lattice of hollow silicon cylinders rotated 45° immersed on a colloidal suspension of magnetic nanoparticles; this arrangement produces “U-type” group index-frequency curves. The cylinder inner radius is carefully chosen to maximize the normalized delay bandwidth product (NDBP) and the concentration of the magnetic fluid is changed in order to make the device tunable in frequency.