Excitation of backward Tamm states at an interface between a periodic photonic crystal and a left-handed metamaterial

Journal Article · Tue May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.053812· OSTI ID:20982588

Namdar, Abdolrahman ^[1]; Shadrivov, Ilya V; Kivshar, Yuri S ^[1]

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1. Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 (Australia)

We study the excitation of electromagnetic surface waves in a slab of a left-handed metamaterial separating a one-dimensional periodic photonic crystal and a homogeneous dielectric medium, the so-called surface Tamm states. We show that such a layered structure can exhibit a giant lateral Goos-Haenchen shift of the scattered beam accompanied by a splitting of the reflected and transmitted beams due to the resonant excitation of surface waves at the interfaces between the left-handed metamaterial and photonic crystal. The beam shift can be either positive or negative, depending on the type of the surface Tamm states excited by the incoming beam.

• OSTI ID: 20982588
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 75, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.053812; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BEAMS
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
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INTERFACES
ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
OPTICAL MODELS
PERIODICITY
SCATTERING
SLABS
SURFACES
WAVE PROPAGATION