Title :
Nondiffractive propagation of light in photonic crystals
Author :
Staliunas, K. ; Herrero, R. ; Cojocaru, C. ; Trull, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Fisica i Enginyeria Nucl., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
We show that the diffraction of electromagnetic radiation (in particular of a visible light) can disappear in propagation through materials with periodically in space modulated refraction index, i.e. through photonic crystals.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave diffraction; electromagnetic wave refraction; light propagation; photonic crystals; refractive index; electromagnetic radiation; nondiffractive light propagation; photonic crystal; space modulated refraction index; Conducting materials; Crystalline materials; Crystallography; Electromagnetic diffraction; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic refraction; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2005, Proceedings of 2005 7th International Conference
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9236-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2005.1505804
