Ultra-thin Bloch-surface-wave-based reflector at telecommunication wavelength

R. Dubey; B. Vosoughi Lahijani; M. H?yrinen; M. Roussey; M. Kuittinen; H. P. Herzig

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000494

Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 5, 494(2017)

Ultra-thin Bloch-surface-wave-based reflector at telecommunication wavelength

R. Dubey^1、*, B. Vosoughi Lahijani¹, M. H?yrinen², M. Roussey², M. Kuittinen², and H. P. Herzig¹

¹Optics & Photonics Technology Laboratory (OPT), école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), rue de la Maladière 71b, CH-2002 Neuchatel, Switzerland

²Institute of Photonics, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, 80101 Joensuu, Finland

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Paper Information

Category: Optics at Surfaces

Received: Jul. 12, 2017

Accepted: Aug. 30, 2017

Published Online: Sep. 30, 2017

The Author Email: R. Dubey (richa.dubey@epfl.ch)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000494

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