Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
12-9-2008
Patent Number
patent number 7463329
Abstract
Recent theoretical investigations have predicted the existence of axially frozen modes that arise when light is incident upon an anisotropic two-dimensional photonic crystal. Such electromagnetic modes are of interest since they suggest a near-zero group velocity with extraordinary amplitudes. The present invention addresses the crystal physics associated with realizing such effects and provides for the development of materials suitable for use in the forming photonic crystals that can exhibit such effects.
Application Number
11/336397
Assignees
Clemson University (Anderson, SC, US); United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC, US)
Filing Date
2006-01-20
Primary/U.S. Class
349/169
Other/U.S. Class
349/170, 349/187, 349/193, 359/576, 359/589
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