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Optical trirefringence in photonic crystal waveguides

Optical trirefringence in photonic crystal waveguides
Optical trirefringence in photonic crystal waveguides
We demonstrate that 2D photonic crystals can possess optical trirefringence in which there are six field orientations for which linear incident light is not perturbed on reflection or transmission. Such a property is rigorously forbidden in homogeneous nonmagnetic dielectrics which can possess only optical birefringence. We experimentally demonstrate this phenomena in silicon-based mesostructures formed from photonic crystal waveguides embedded in a Fabry-Perot cavity. Multirefringence is controlled by the presence of submicron dielectric patterning and is well explained by an exact scattering matrix theory.
1079-7114
1526-1529
Netti, M.C.
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Harris, A.
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Baumberg, J.J.
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Whittaker, D.M.
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Charlton, M.B.D.
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Zoorob, M.E.
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Parker, G.J.
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Baumberg, J.J.
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Whittaker, D.M.
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Charlton, M.B.D.
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Zoorob, M.E.
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Netti, M.C., Harris, A., Baumberg, J.J., Whittaker, D.M., Charlton, M.B.D., Zoorob, M.E. and Parker, G.J. (2001) Optical trirefringence in photonic crystal waveguides. Physical Review Letters, 86 (8), 1526-1529. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1526).

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We demonstrate that 2D photonic crystals can possess optical trirefringence in which there are six field orientations for which linear incident light is not perturbed on reflection or transmission. Such a property is rigorously forbidden in homogeneous nonmagnetic dielectrics which can possess only optical birefringence. We experimentally demonstrate this phenomena in silicon-based mesostructures formed from photonic crystal waveguides embedded in a Fabry-Perot cavity. Multirefringence is controlled by the presence of submicron dielectric patterning and is well explained by an exact scattering matrix theory.

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Published date: February 2001
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Local EPrints ID: 256695
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/256695
DOI: doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1526
ISSN: 1079-7114
PURE UUID: 3599faa5-633a-4350-b755-ec5bf99acf79

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Date deposited: 18 Jul 2002
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 05:47

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Author: M.C. Netti
Author: A. Harris
Author: J.J. Baumberg
Author: D.M. Whittaker
Author: M.B.D. Charlton
Author: M.E. Zoorob
Author: G.J. Parker

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