Title :
Pseudo-interference and its application in determining averaged phase refractive index of photonic crystals
Author :
Sun, Guilin ; Kirk, Andrew G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que.
Abstract :
We propose a new method to determine the averaged phase index of refraction for finite-sized photonic crystals from time-domain simulations using a numerical pseudo-interferometer. It can be used to distinguish left-handed from right-handed material
Keywords :
light interferometry; optical materials; photonic crystals; refractive index measurement; time-domain analysis; finite-sized photonic crystals; left-handed material; numerical pseudointerferometer; phase refractive index determination; pseudointerference; right-handed material; time-domain simulations; Crystalline materials; Data mining; Finite difference methods; Interference; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Slabs; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279050
