• DocumentCode
    520154
  • Title

    Band gaps in amorphous photonic lattices

  • Author

    Rechtsman, Mikael ; Szameit, Alexander ; Dreisow, Felix ; Heinrich, Matthias ; Keil, Robert ; Nolte, Stefan ; Segev, Mordechai

  • Author_Institution
    Courant Inst. of Math. Sci., New York Univ., New York, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present, theoretically and experimentally, amorphous photonic lattices exhibiting band gap and negative effective mass, yet lacking Bragg diffraction. Here, bands comprise of Anderson states, but defect states residing in the gap are always more localized.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; optical lattices; photonic band gap; Anderson states; Bragg diffraction; amorphous photonic lattices; band gaps; negative effective mass; Amorphous materials; Effective mass; Lattices; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Physics; Refractive index; Solid state circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499717
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=520154