Formation of effective energy carriers in donor or acceptor lattice disturbances at the band-gap edges of photonic crystals

Virginie Lousse; Jean Pol Vigneron

doi:10.1117/12.589286

13 April 2005 Formation of effective energy carriers in donor or acceptor lattice disturbances at the band-gap edges of photonic crystals

Virginie Lousse, Jean Pol Vigneron

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Proceedings Volume 5733, Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices III; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.589286
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2005, 2005, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

The effect of a long-range, slowly varying, modulation of the refractive index of a photonic crystal is investigated. It is shown that the Bloch modes are modified by essentially being modulated by an envelope function which adapts to the long-range dielectric function perturbation. This envelope function obeys a simple linear Schroedinger equation of classical (non-quantum) origin. Close to a band extremum, at a gap edge, the envelope functions can be interpreted as wave functions of relativistic particles possessing a finite rest mass. These effective energy carriers come as two species, referred to as “effective photons” (for positive band curvatures) or “photonic holes” (for negative band curvatures). The energy transfer through the chirped structure can be viewed as resulting from the migration of these particles under forces implied by the long-range dielectric function modulation.

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Virginie Lousse and Jean Pol Vigneron "Formation of effective energy carriers in donor or acceptor lattice disturbances at the band-gap edges of photonic crystals", Proc. SPIE 5733, Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices III, (13 April 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.589286

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