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LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 178-218Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201000046
Keywords
Photonics; plasmonics; aperiodic structures; light localization
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- US Air Force [FA9550-10-1-0019]
- SMART Scholarship Program
- NSF [ECCS-0846651]
- Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [846651] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This review focuses on the optical properties and device applications of deterministic aperiodic media generated by mathematical rules with spectral features that interpolate in a tunable fashion between periodic crystals and disordered random media. These structures are called Deterministic Aperiodic Nano Structures (DANS) and can be implemented in different materials (linear and nonlinear) and physical systems as diverse as dielectric multilayers, optical gratings, photonic waveguides and nanoparticle arrays. Among their distinctive optical properties are the formation of multi-fractal bandgaps and characteristic optical resonances, called critical modes, with unusual localization, scaling and transport properties. The goal of the paper is to provide a detailed review of the conceptual foundation and the physical mechanisms governing the complex optical response of DANS in relation to the engineering of novel devices and functionalities. The discussion will mostly focus on passive and active planar structures with enhanced light-matter coupling for photonics and plasmonics technologies.
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