Title :
Enhanced transverse photo-induced voltage by slow light
Author :
Proscia, Nicholas V. ; Koder, Ronald ; Ketzschmar, Ilona ; Menon, Vinod M. ; Vuong, Luat T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Grad. Center of the City Univ. of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the presence of spin-polarized transverse voltage in a metal-dielectric two-dimensional photonic crystal in the visible regime and determine that the presence of slow light at the photonic band edge leads to voltage enhancement.
Keywords :
dielectric materials; photonic crystals; photovoltaic effects; slow light; enhanced transverse photo-induced voltage; metal-dielectric two-dimensional photonic crystal; photonic band edge; slow light; spin-polarized transverse voltage; visible regime; voltage enhancement; Cities and towns; Films; Gold; Photonics; Plasmons; Reflectivity; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
