• DocumentCode
    1684583
  • Title

    Localized photonic band edge modes and orbital angular momenta of light in a golden-angle spiral

  • Author

    Liew, Seng Fatt ; Heeso Noh ; Trevino, Jorge ; Dal Negro, Luca ; Hui Cao

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A golden-angle spiral lattice can posses an omnidirectional photonic bandgap despite the lack of translational and rotational symmetries. We show that the band edge modes are spatially localized and possess discrete angular momenta.
  • Keywords
    angular momentum theory; localised modes; photonic band gap; golden-angle spiral lattice; localized photonic band edge modes; omnidirectional photonic band gap; orbital angular momentum; Educational institutions; Flyback transformers; Optical polarization; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Spirals; USA Councils;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326834