Title :
Optical shockley-like surface states in light-induced superlattices
Author :
Wang, Xiaosheng ; Malkova, Natalia ; Hromada, Ivan ; Bryant, Garnett ; Chen, Zhigang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA
Abstract :
We provide the first demonstration of linear Shockley-like surface states in optically-induced semi-infinite photonic lattices with alternating strong/weak couplings. Such surface states appear in superlattices only when the surface termination is specially designed.
Keywords :
photonic crystals; superlattices; surface states; alternating strong/weak couplings; light-induced superlattices; linear Shockley-like surface states; optical Shockley-like surface states; optically-induced semi-infinite photonic lattices; surface termination; Bonding; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical solitons; Optical superlattices; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Physics; Surface waves; (230.7370) Waveguides; (240.6690) Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
