%0 Conference Proceedings
%T Linear waveguides in photonic crystals based on periodic arrangement of spheres - art. no. 618226
%+ Groupe d'étude des semiconducteurs (GES)
%A Vynck, Kevin
%A Cassagne, David
%A Centeno, Emmanuel
%< avec comité de lecture
%Z 06-032
%( Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices III (i.e. V)
%B Conference on Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices III (i.e.V)
%C Strasbourg (FRANCE), France
%I SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA
%V 6182
%P 18226-18226
%8 2006-04-03
%D 2006
%K photonic crystals
%K opal
%K spheres
%K monolayer
%K superlattice
%K linear waveguide
%K BAND
%K TITANIA
%K SLABS
%K GAP
%Z Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
%Z Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]Conference papers
%X We demonstrate the possibility of waveguiding electromagnetic waves in a monolayer of dielectric spheres. While light is confined vertically by index guiding, a triangular superlattice monolayer of spheres was found to exhibit a photonic band gap below the light cone, thereby preventing light from propagating laterally. A gap map of this structure is presented. We propose a possible waveguide configuration that yields two non-degenerate defect modes lying within the photonic band gap. Such a structure may be particularly interesting for coupling light into self-assembled colloidal photonic crystals.
%G English
%L hal-00437956
%U https://hal.science/hal-00437956
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%~ UNIV-MONTP2
%~ GES
%~ UNIV-MONTPELLIER
%~ UM1-UM2