• DocumentCode
    2990656
  • Title

    Generation of Highly-Directional Beams from Point Sources using a Negative-Index Photonic-Crystal Slab

  • Author

    Martinez, A. ; Piqueras, M.A. ; Marti, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Valencia Nanophotonics Technology Center, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n 46022, Valencia (Spain), E-mail: almarab@ntc.upv.es
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show both theoretically and experimentally that a photonic crystal slab with a small negative effective index of refraction can be used to generate a highly-directional beam from an isotropic source.
  • Keywords
    Electronic mail; Focusing; Frequency; Lenses; Light emitting diodes; Nanophotonics; Optical refraction; Photonic crystals; Radiation detectors; Slabs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801137
  • Filename
    4801137