Title :
Effect of surface modes on photon propagation through dielectric bandgaps
Author :
Malkova, Natalia ; Polyakov, Sergey ; Bryant, Garnett ; Migdall, Alan
Author_Institution :
Atomic Phys. Div., NIST, Gaithesburg, MD, USA
Abstract :
We investigate Hartman saturation effect in multilayer dielectric stacks. We show that the experimentally observed jumps of photon transversal times due to adding single quarter-wave layers to structures is caused by appearance of surface modes.
Keywords :
optical multilayers; optical saturation; photonic band gap; surface electromagnetic waves; Hartman saturation effect; dielectric bandgaps; photon transversal times; quarter-wave layers; surface modes; Atom optics; Dielectrics; Frequency; NIST; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical saturation; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Photonic band gap; (230.1480) Bragg reflectors; (240.6690) Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
