Field Expulsion and Reconfiguration in Polaritonic Photonic Crystals
- 13 May 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 90 (19), 196402
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.90.196402
Abstract
We uncover a rich set of optical phenomena stemming from the incorporation of polar materials exhibiting transverse phonon polariton excitations into a photonic crystal structure. We identify in the frequency spectrum two regimes in which the dielectric response of the polaritonic medium can induce extreme localization of the electromagnetic energy. Our analysis of the effect of polarization and the interaction between the polariton and photonic band gaps on the Bloch states leads to a pair of mechanisms for sensitive frequency-controlled relocation and/or reconfiguration of the fields.Keywords
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