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Mesoscopic self-collimation and slow light in all-positive index layered photonic crystals

Optics 2015-06-03 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate a mesoscopic self-collimation effect in photonic crystal superlattices consisting of a periodic set of all-positive index 2D photonic crystal and homogeneous layers. We develop an electromagnetic theory showing that diffraction-free beams are observed when the curvature of the optical dispersion relation is properly compensated for. This approach allows to combine slow light regime together with self-collimation in photonic crystal superlattices presenting an extremely low filling ratio in air.

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@article{arxiv.1111.5953,
  title  = {Mesoscopic self-collimation and slow light in all-positive index layered photonic crystals},
  author = {Julien Arlandis and Emmanuel Centeno and Rémi Pollès and Antoine Moreau and Julien Campos and Olivier Gauthier-Lafaye and Antoine Monmayrant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.5953},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures