Beam shaping by a layered structure with left-handed materials

Shadrivov, Ilya V.; Sukhorukov, Andrey A.; Kivshar, Yuri S.

Beam shaping by a layered structure with left-handed materials

Authors

Shadrivov, Ilya V.

Sukhorukov, Andrey A.

Kivshar, Yuri S.

Description

We analyze transmission of a layered photonic structure (a one-dimensional photonic crystal) consisting of alternating slabs of two materials with positive and negative refractive index. For the periodic structure with zero averaged refractive index, we demonstrate a number of unique properties of the beam transmission observed in strong beam modification and reshaping.
3 pages, 4 figures