DocumentCode
2082797
Title
Self-collimation and spatial filtering in 2D gain/loss periodic spatially modulated materials
Author
Botey, Muriel ; Herrero, Ramon ; Kumar, Nikhil P. ; Vilaseca, Ramon ; Staliunas, Kestutis
Author_Institution
Dept. de Fis. i Eng. Nucl., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
fYear
2011
fDate
22-26 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
We predict and demonstrate that the periodical modulation of the gain/loss profile on the wavelength scale in at least two dimensions of space can lead to interesting beam propagation effects, similar to self-collimation or subdiffractive propagation, but also to spatial beam filtering.
Keywords
optical collimators; photonic crystals; refractive index; spatial filters; 2D gain/loss periodic spatially modulated materials; beam propagation effects; self-collimation; spatial beam filtering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location
Munich
ISSN
Pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN
Pending
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943605
Filename
5943605
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