Guided modes in photonic crystal slabs

Steven G. Johnson, Shanhui Fan, Pierre R. Villeneuve, J. D. Joannopoulos, and L. A. Kolodziejski
Phys. Rev. B 60, 5751 – Published 15 August 1999
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Abstract

We analyze the properties of two-dimensionally periodic dielectric structures that have a band gap for propagation in a plane and that use index guiding to confine light in the third dimension. Such structures are more amenable to fabrication than photonic crystals with full three-dimensional band gaps, but retain or approximate many of the latter’s desirable properties. We show how traditional band-structure analysis can be adapted to slab systems in the context of several representative structures, and describe the unique features that arise in this framework compared to ordinary photonic crystals.

  • Received 11 January 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.60.5751

©1999 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Steven G. Johnson, Shanhui Fan, Pierre R. Villeneuve, and J. D. Joannopoulos

  • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

L. A. Kolodziejski

  • Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Vol. 60, Iss. 8 — 15 August 1999

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