Light transport in photonic crystals composed of magneto-optically active materials

We analyze the properties of light propagation through ordered structures made of metallic wires (or disks) embedded in a dielectric medium in the presence of a magnetic field. The magnetic field not only modifies the polarization properties of the transmitted and reflected light, but it also induce...

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Autores: García-Martín, Antonio, Armelles Reig, Gaspar, Pereira, Suresh
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/19131
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/19131
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Photonic crystals
Magneto-optical activity
Light propagation
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Resumo:We analyze the properties of light propagation through ordered structures made of metallic wires (or disks) embedded in a dielectric medium in the presence of a magnetic field. The magnetic field not only modifies the polarization properties of the transmitted and reflected light, but it also induces absorption channels that give rise to well-defined structures in the transmission spectrum and in the Faraday rotation. Interaction and size effects are also analyzed. To perform the numerical simulations we extend an existing scattering matrix method to deal with the off-diagonal terms of the dielectric tensor required for the proper treatment of magneto-optical activity.