• DocumentCode
    2165208
  • Title

    Highly/directional sources by periodic and non-periodic dielectric rods

  • Author

    Sanchez-Dehesa, J. ; Martínez, A. ; Piqueras, M.A. ; Garcia, R. ; Hakansson, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Valencia
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    17-22 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    We show that an omnidirectional point source embedded in a photonic crystal designed to possess a small and negative index of refraction becomes in a highly-directional beam because of the photonic crystal. The slab makes a filtering of high transverse wavevectors of the diverging beam. The predicted phenomenon is demonstrated at microwave frequencies (~13 GHz) using a two-dimensional photonic crystal made of alumina rods.
  • Keywords
    dielectric materials; photonic crystals; refractive index; alumina rods; diverging beam; high transverse wavevectors; highly directional sources; highly-directional beam; nonperiodic dielectric rods; omnidirectional point source; photonic crystal; refraction index; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic scattering; Filtering; Microwave filters; Microwave frequencies; Nanophotonics; Optical refraction; Particle scattering; Photonic crystals; Slabs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0931-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0931-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386562
  • Filename
    4386562