Waveguiding at the Edge of a Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystal

We find that electromagnetic waves can be guided at the edge of a three-dimensional photonic crystal in air. When the waveguide is defined by the intersection of two surface planes, the edge modes are associated with the corresponding surface bands. A simple cell counting approach is presented to de...

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Main Authors: Joannopoulos, John D. (Contributor), Lu, Ling (Contributor), Soljacic, Marin (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2012-08-30T14:47:58Z.
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520 |a We find that electromagnetic waves can be guided at the edge of a three-dimensional photonic crystal in air. When the waveguide is defined by the intersection of two surface planes, the edge modes are associated with the corresponding surface bands. A simple cell counting approach is presented to describe the periodic evolution of the system with interesting interplays among edge, surface, and bulk states. 
520 |a United States. Army Research Office (contract no. W911NF-07-D-0004) 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.). Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (Program) (grant no. DMR-0819762). 
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