Title :
Numerical study of the light-beam propagation inside two-dimensional crystals
Author :
Malkova, Natalia ; Scrymgeour, David ; Gopalan, Venkatraman
Author_Institution :
Center for Nanotechnol., NASA Ames Res. Center, USA
Abstract :
We numerically study the propagation of Gaussian beams inside two-dimensional hexagonal photonic crystal. We analyze discrepancies between finite difference time domain simulations and plane-wave calculations in terms of light propagation in dispersive negative refraction medium.
Keywords :
Gaussian processes; finite difference time-domain analysis; light propagation; optical dispersion; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; refraction; Gaussian beam propagation; dispersive negative refraction medium; finite difference time domain simulation; light propagation; light-beam propagation; plane-wave calculation; two-dimensional hexagonal photonic crystal; Crystalline materials; Dielectric materials; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Gratings; Lattices; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Photonic crystals; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8306-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338715
