Title :
Photon manipulation at the surface of three-dimensional photonic crystals
Author :
Ishizaki, Kenji ; Noda, Susumu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Sci. & Eng., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
Abstract :
Photon manipulation at the `surface´ of three-dimensional photonic crystals has been demonstrated. It is shown that photons can be confined and propagate through surface states, and strong 3D localization of photons (Q ges 9000) has been achieved.
Keywords :
photonic band gap; photonic crystals; refractive index; surface states; 3D periodic refractive-index distributions; 3D photon localization; photon confinement; photon manipulation; photon propagation; photonic bandgap effects; surface states; three-dimensional photonic crystal surface; Optical control; Optical microscopy; Optical propagation; Optical reflection; Optical surface waves; Personal communication networks; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Surface waves; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343489
