Experimental observation of strong edge effects on the pseudodiffusive transport of light in photonic graphene.

Phys Rev Lett

Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 2, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands.

Published: January 2010

Photonic graphene is a two-dimensional photonic crystal structure that is analogous to graphene. We use 5 mm diameter Al2O3 rods placed on a triangular lattice with a lattice constant a=8 mm to create an isolated conical singularity in the photonic band structure at a microwave frequency of 17.6 GHz. At this frequency, the measured transmission of microwaves through a perfectly ordered structure enters a pseudodiffusive regime where the transmission scales inversely with the thickness L of the crystal (L/a greater than or approximately 5). The transmission depends critically on the configuration of the edges: distinct oscillations with an amplitude comparable to the transmission are observed for structures terminated with zigzag edges, while these oscillations are absent for samples with a straight edge configuration.

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