Application of the Mathieu’s equation for a design of a photonic crystal supporting surface electromagnetic waves

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Published Nov 30, 2015
DOI https://doi.org/10.7716/aem.v4i3.321

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E. Rostova
EPFL
G. Dietler
EPFL
S. K. Sekatskii
EPFL

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Nowadays, unique characteristics of surface electromagnetic waves, particularly, surface plasmons supported by a specially designed photonic crystal find numerous applications. We propose to exploit an evident analogy between such a photonic crystal and a structure with a sine-modulated refractive index. The light propagation inside the latter is described by the famous Mathieu’s differential equation. This application of the Mathieu’s equation can be useful for a design of multilayer structures, and also for fundamental understanding of electromagnetic phenomena in inhomogeneous media.

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Rostova, E., Dietler, G., & Sekatskii, S. (2015). Application of the Mathieu’s equation for a design of a photonic crystal supporting surface electromagnetic waves. Advanced Electromagnetics, 4(3), 17-24. https://doi.org/10.7716/aem.v4i3.321
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