DocumentCode
2257635
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
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
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
Type
conf
Filename
4572396
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