Electromagnetic Bloch waves at the surface of a photonic crystal
- 15 November 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 44 (19), 10961-10964
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.44.10961
Abstract
We find that electromagnetic modes are localized at the interface between air and a photonic crystal. General arguments that surface modes must always exist for some termination of any surface of a photonic crystal are presented, and the importance of the surface band structure for semiconducting laser systems is discussed.Keywords
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