Title :
The Dirac point of photonic graphene
Author_Institution :
Huygens Lab., Leiden Univ., Leiden, Netherlands
Abstract :
Photonic graphene is an optical analogue to electronic graphene. We introduce Dirac maps to design a structure of alumina rods and experimentally demonstrate the existence of an Dirac point at 17 GHz in transmission measurements.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; band structure; carbon compounds; photonic crystals; Al2O3; Dirac point; alumina rods; frequency 17 GHz; optical analogue-to-electronic graphene; photonic graphene; transmission measurement; Atom optics; Dielectric constant; Frequency; Lattices; Optical design; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Polarization; Structural rods; Tellurium; (000.2690) General physics; (160.3918) Metamaterials; (350.4238) Nanophotonics and photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
