• DocumentCode
    3489057
  • Title

    Numerical study of the light-beam propagation inside two-dimensional crystals

  • Author

    Malkova, Natalia ; Scrymgeour, David ; Gopalan, Venkatraman

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Nanotechnol., NASA Ames Res. Center, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    28-30 June 2004
  • Abstract
    We numerically study the propagation of Gaussian beams inside two-dimensional hexagonal photonic crystal. We analyze discrepancies between finite difference time domain simulations and plane-wave calculations in terms of light propagation in dispersive negative refraction medium.
  • Keywords
    Gaussian processes; finite difference time-domain analysis; light propagation; optical dispersion; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; refraction; Gaussian beam propagation; dispersive negative refraction medium; finite difference time domain simulation; light propagation; light-beam propagation; plane-wave calculation; two-dimensional hexagonal photonic crystal; Crystalline materials; Dielectric materials; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Gratings; Lattices; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Photonic crystals; Time domain analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8306-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338715
  • Filename
    1338715