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Ultra-refraction phenomena in Bragg mirrors

Didier Felbacq, Brahim Guizal, Frederic Zolla

physics.opticsarXiv:physics/0003018

Abstract

We show numerically for the first time that ultra-refractive phenomena do exist in one-dimensional photonic crystals: we exhibit the main features of ultra-refraction, that is the enlargement and the splitting of an incident beam. We give a very simple explanation of these phenomena in terms of the photonic band structure of these media.

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