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OPTICAL WAVE PROPAGATION IN PERIODIC STRUCTURES

AMNON YARIV and
SHAYAN MOOKHERJEA

AMNON YARIV

Department of Applied Physics 128-95, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA

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SHAYAN MOOKHERJEA

Department of Electrical Engineering 136-93, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129156402001228Cited by:2 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

We present a formalism for optical waveguiding in two-dimensional periodic structures by means of Bragg reflection. The theory provides analytic expressions for the field modal profiles, dispersion, and attenuation or gain in the waveguide. Line defects in two-dimensional photonic crystal slabs are used as the principal example.

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