Ultra-slow light in one-dimensional Cantor photonic crystals

Ultra-slow light and complete transmission properties in one-dimensional Cantor photonic crystals are presented. In contrast to traditional dielectric photonic crystals, the proposed structure has large group delay, slower group velocity, and a high quality factor within the same layers and materials. This study shows that larger than 1 mu s group delay and slower than 1 m/s group velocity are achieved in the fifth-order Cantor photonic crystal with 52.75 mu m length. This ultra-slow-light structure is very promising for application in advanced slow-light devices. A high quality factor of 10(9) and multiband filters with complete transmission can also be obtained by using this approach. (C) 2018 Optical Society of America