Photonic Band Structure of Dispersive Metamaterials Formulated as a Hermitian Eigenvalue Problem

Aaswath Raman and Shanhui Fan
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 087401 – Published 26 February 2010

Abstract

We formulate the photonic band structure calculation of any lossless dispersive photonic crystal and optical metamaterial as a Hermitian eigenvalue problem. We further show that the eigenmodes of such lossless systems provide an orthonormal basis, which can be used to rigorously describe the behavior of lossy dispersive systems in general.

  • Figure
  • Figure
  • Received 22 October 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.087401

©2010 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Aaswath Raman1,* and Shanhui Fan2,†

  • 1Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
  • 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA

  • *aaswath@stanford.edu
  • shanhui@stanford.edu

Article Text (Subscription Required)

Click to Expand

References (Subscription Required)

Click to Expand
Issue

Vol. 104, Iss. 8 — 26 February 2010

Reuse & Permissions
Access Options
Author publication services for translation and copyediting assistance advertisement

Authorization Required


×
×

Images

×

Sign up to receive regular email alerts from Physical Review Letters

Log In

Cancel
×

Search


Article Lookup

Paste a citation or DOI

Enter a citation
×