Title :
Applications of extreme anisotropy of two-dimensional photonic structures
Author :
Shvets, G. ; Ur, Ya.A.
Author_Institution :
Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago, IL
Abstract :
Upper bands of 2-D photonic crystals are shown to exhibit extreme anisotropy even near gamma-point: (a) isofrequency contours are hyperbolic instead of circular; (b) direction-dependent angle between group and phase velocities. Novel beam splitters and mirrors are proposed
Keywords :
light propagation; mirrors; optical beam splitters; photonic crystals; 2-D photonic crystals; beam splitters; extreme anisotropy; gamma-point; group velocities; isofrequency; mirrors; phase velocities; two-dimensional photonic structures;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
