Title :
Band gaps in amorphous photonic lattices
Author :
Rechtsman, Mikael ; Szameit, Alexander ; Dreisow, Felix ; Heinrich, Matthias ; Keil, Robert ; Nolte, Stefan ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Courant Inst. of Math. Sci., New York Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We present, theoretically and experimentally, amorphous photonic lattices exhibiting band gap and negative effective mass, yet lacking Bragg diffraction. Here, bands comprise of Anderson states, but defect states residing in the gap are always more localized.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical lattices; photonic band gap; Anderson states; Bragg diffraction; amorphous photonic lattices; band gaps; negative effective mass; Amorphous materials; Effective mass; Lattices; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Physics; Refractive index; Solid state circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
