Alternative approach to all-angle negative refraction in two-dimensional photonic crystals
- Department of Physics and Electronic Materials Research Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 (United States)
We show that with an appropriate surface modification, a slab of photonic crystal can be made to allow wave transmission within the photonic band gap. Furthermore, negative refraction and all-angle negative refraction (AANR) can be achieved by this surface modification in frequency windows that were not realized before in two-dimensional photonic crystals [C. Luo et al., Phys. Rev. B 65, 201104 (2002)]. This approach to AANR leads to different applications in flat lens imaging. Previous flat lens using photonic crystals requires object-image distance u+v less than or equal to the lens thickness d, u+v{approx}d. Our approach can be used to design a flat lens with u+v={sigma}d with {sigma}>>1, thus being able to image large and/or far away objects. Our results are confirmed by finite-difference time-domain simulations.
- OSTI ID:
- 21011320
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 76, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.013824; (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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