• DocumentCode
    2885026
  • Title

    Phase and group index of the second photonic crystal band

  • Author

    Schonbrun, E. ; Park, W. ; Yamashita, T. ; Summers, C.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Light propagation in slab photonic crystals can have a negative phase velocity and accumulate a negative optical path length. We present experimental results on guiding and dispersion properties when the phase index is approximately -1.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; optical dispersion; optical materials; optical planar waveguides; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; slabs; dispersion properties; group index; guiding properties; light propagation; negative optical path length; negative phase velocity; phase index; planar waveguide; second photonic crystal band; slab photonic crystals; Frequency; Light scattering; Optical materials; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Particle scattering; Photonic crystals; Slabs; 160.3130; 230.7400; 260.2030;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629062
  • Filename
    4629062