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We present a Bloch modes' based Green's function scattering formalism for cost efficient forward modelling of disordered binary surface textures. The usage of Bloch modes of an unperturbed reference ordered system as ansatz allows our…
We exploit theoretically the occurrence and tunability of photonic Bloch oscillations (PBOs) in one-dimensional photonic crystals (PCs) containing nonlinear composites. Because of the enhanced third-order nonlinearity (Kerr type…
We present a systematic micromagnetic study of standing spin-wave modes in infinitely long Permalloy strips with rectangular cross-section. Using a finite-element dynamic-matrix method, we first calculate the eigenfrequencies and the…
This paper is concerned with the high-frequency homogenization of bubbly phononic crystals. It is a follow-up of the works [H. Ammari et al., Sub-wavelength phononic bandgap opening in bubbly media, J. Diff. Eq., 263 (2017), 5610--5629]…
We derive and validate a set of coupled Bloch wave equations for analyzing the reflection and transmission properties of active semiconductor photonic crystal waveguides. In such devices, slow-light propagation can be used to enhance the…
A major challenge in quantum optics and quantum information technology is to enhance the interaction between single photons and single quantum emitters. Highly engineered optical cavities are generally implemented requiring nanoscale…
We present a procedure for the systematic estimation of the dispersion properties of linear discrete systems with periodic time-varying coefficients. The approach relies on the analysis of a single unit cell, making use of Bloch theorem…
We introduce a new coupled mode theory to model nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations for contra- propagating Bloch modes that include disorder-induced multiple scattering effects on nonlinear soliton propagation in photonic crystal waveguides.…
In this paper, we show that using measurements for different frequencies, and using ultrasound localized perturbations it is possible to extend the method of the imaging by elastic deformation developed by Ammari and al. [Electrical…
We present theoretical and experimental studies of the size and thickness dependencies of the optical emission spectra from microcavities with hexagonal shape in films of two-dimensional photonic crystal. A semiclassical plane-wave model,…
Many photonic devices, such as photonic crystal slabs, cross gratings, and periodic metasurfaces, are biperiodic structures with two independent periodic directions, and are sandwiched between two homogeneous media. Many applications of…
Calculations of the photonic band structure, transmission coefficients, and quality factors of various two-dimensional, periodic and aperiodic, dielectric photonic crystals by using the finite element method (FEM) are reported. The…
We study spatial optical solitons in a one-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystal created by an array of thin-film nonlinear waveguides, the so-called Dirac-comb nonlinear lattice. We analyze modulational instability of the extended…
Five methods of calculating electrical field distributions in one dimensional wave-guide arrays are reviewed. We analytically solve the scalar Helmholtz Equation and, based on the computed Bloch functions and associated bands of propagation…
We generate experimentally different types of two-dimensional Bloch waves of a square photonic lattice by employing the phase imprinting technique. We probe the local dispersion of the Bloch modes in the photonic lattice by analyzing the…
An application of an effective numerical algorithm for solving eigenvalue problems which arise in modelling electronic properties of quantum disordered systems is considered. We study the electron states at the localization-delocalization…
The introduction of nonlinearity alters the dispersion of elastic waves in solid media. In this paper, we present an analytical formulation for the treatment of finite-strain Bloch waves in one-dimensional phononic crystals. Considering…
The analysis of an angular distribution of the emission intensity of a two-level atom (dipole) in a photonic crystal reveals an enhancement of the emission rate in some observation directions. Such an enhancement is the result of the…
A novel strategy is introduced in order to include variations of the nonlinearity into the nonlinear schrodinger Equation. This technique, which relies on renormalization, is in particular well adapted to nanostructured optical systems…
We develop an effective computational tool for simulating the scattering of 1D waves by a composite layer architected in an otherwise homogeneous medium. The layer is designed as the union of segments cut from various mother periodic media,…