• 文献标题:   Experimental Observation of Strong Edge Effects on the Pseudodiffusive Transport of Light in Photonic Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZANDBERGEN SR, DE DOOD MJA
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Leiden Univ
  • 被引频次:   79
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.043903
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Photonic graphene is a two-dimensional photonic crystal structure that is analogous to graphene. We use 5 mm diameter Al2O3 rods placed on a triangular lattice with a lattice constant a = 8 mm to create an isolated conical singularity in the photonic band structure at a microwave frequency of 17.6 GHz. At this frequency, the measured transmission of microwaves through a perfectly ordered structure enters a pseudodiffusive regime where the transmission scales inversely with the thickness L of the crystal (L/a greater than or similar to 5). The transmission depends critically on the configuration of the edges: distinct oscillations with an amplitude comparable to the transmission are observed for structures terminated with zigzag edges, while these oscillations are absent for samples with a straight edge configuration.