Open AccessDirac-cone photonic surface states in three-dimensional photonic crystal slab
Author(s) -
Wei Zhong,
Xiangdong Zhang
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.19.013738
Subject(s) - photonic crystal , supercell , slab , optics , physics , photonics , surface states , topological insulator , scattering , surface (topology) , electromagnetic radiation , condensed matter physics , geometry , thunderstorm , mathematics , geophysics , meteorology
We present a multiple-scattering method in conjunction with supercell calculations to study the electromagnetic surface states in three-dimensional photonic crystal slab. Using our technique, we obtain the first prediction of Dirac-cone photonic surface state in some three-dimensional photonic crystal slabs. Such a state can be used to investigate some extremal transmission phenomena of electromagnetic waves near the Dirac point on the surface of the crystal, which is similar to the case of electron on the surface of topological insulators.