Experimental evidence of Bloch surface waves on photonic crystals with thin-film LiNbO3 as a top layer

Tatiana Kovalevich; Djaffar Belharet; Laurent Robert; Myun-Sik Kim; Hans Peter Herzig; Thierry Grosjean; Maria-Pilar Bernal

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000649

Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 6, 649(2017)

Experimental evidence of Bloch surface waves on photonic crystals with thin-film LiNbO3 as a top layer

Tatiana Kovalevich^1、*, Djaffar Belharet¹, Laurent Robert¹, Myun-Sik Kim², Hans Peter Herzig², Thierry Grosjean¹, and Maria-Pilar Bernal¹

Author Affiliations

¹Département d’Optique P. M. Duffieux, Institut FEMTO-ST, UMR 6174 CNRS, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 15B Avenue des Montboucons, 25030 Besan?on Cedex, France

²Optics & Photonics Technology Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue de la Maladière 71b, Neuchatel CH-2000, Switzerland

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Paper Information

Category: Thin Film Devices

Received: Jun. 28, 2017

Accepted: Oct. 5, 2017

Published Online: Dec. 7, 2017

The Author Email: Tatiana Kovalevich (tnkovalevich@gmail.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000649

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