Mirage and superbending effect in two-dimensional graded photonic crystals Auteur(s): Centeno Emmanuel, Cassagne D., Albert Jean-paul (Article) Publié: Physical Review B, vol. 73 p.235119 (2006) Ref HAL: hal-00437540_v1 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.235119 WoS: 000238696600047 Exporter : BibTex | endNote 99 Citations Résumé: We present a study of graded photonic crystals presenting a mirage effect. This light bending is understood through parametric studies of the isofrequency curves. We derive a model based on the effective index computation and on the Eikonal equation in order to demonstrate that photonic mirages originate from the same physical principles as atmospheric mirages. A graded photonic crystal presenting a superbending effect is proposed for designing a bent waveguide. |