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Waveguiding properties of surface states in photonic crystals

A. I. Rahachou, I. V. Zozoulenko

physics.opticsarXiv:physics/0510273

Abstract

We propose and analyze novel surface-state-based waveguides in bandgap photonic crystals. We discuss surface mode band structure, field localization and effect of imperfections on the waveguiding properties of the surface modes. We demonstrate that surface-state-based waveguides can be used to achieve directional emission out of the waveguide. We also discuss the application of the surface-state waveguides as efficient light couplers for conventional photonic crystal waveguides.

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