Tunable Goos-Hanchen shift for self-collimated beams in two-dimensional photonic crystals

We present finite-difference time-domain studies of the Goos-Hanchen effect observed at the reflection of a self-collimated beam from the surface of a two-dimensional photonic crystal. We describe a method of tuning the shift of the reflected beam in photonic crystals through the modification of the surface, first structurally, as a change in the radius of the surface rods, and then all-optically, with the addition of nonlinear material to the surface layer. We demonstrate all-optical tunability and intensity-dependent control of the beam shift. Crown Copyright (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.