• DocumentCode
    2250848
  • Title

    Topological surface modes in photonic structures

  • Author

    Malkova, Natalia ; Bryant, Garnett W.

  • Author_Institution
    JQI, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We design reconfigurable ´all-optical´ photonic structures which can support ´one-way´ surface modes. These modes are defined by the topology of the structures and must be robust and tolerant to external perturbations.
  • Keywords
    optical design techniques; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; all-optical photonic structures; external perturbations; reconfigurable photonic structures; structure topology; topological surface modes; Lattices; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951050