Polymer-loaded propagating modes on a one-dimensional photonic crystal

Journal Article · Mon Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4865421· OSTI ID:22283149

Han, Lu; Zhang, Douguo; Chen, Yikai; Wang, Ruxue; Zhu, Liangfu; Wang, Pei; Ming, Hai; Badugu, Ramachandram ^[1]

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1. Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 (United States)

We numerically and experimentally demonstrate that a polymer film-coated one-dimensional photonic crystal (1DPC) can sustain transverse electric (TE) polarized modes without the limit of guided layer's thickness. Our results indicate that two propagating modes are existing inside the polymer film, the first one is the TE polarized Bloch surface wave, and the second one is the TE polarized guided mode. Here in, the evolution of these two modes with change in the polymer film thickness is presented. Our numerical simulation results are in well-agreement with the experimental data obtained using back focal plane imaging.

• OSTI ID: 22283149
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 6; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CRYSTALS
LAYERS
NANOSTRUCTURES
ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
POLYMERS
THICKNESS
THIN FILMS
WAVE PROPAGATION