Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

12-9-2008

Patent Number

patent number 7463329

Abstract

Recent theoretical investigations have predicted the existence of axially frozen modes that arise when light is incident upon an anisotropic two-dimensional photonic crystal. Such electromagnetic modes are of interest since they suggest a near-zero group velocity with extraordinary amplitudes. The present invention addresses the crystal physics associated with realizing such effects and provides for the development of materials suitable for use in the forming photonic crystals that can exhibit such effects.

Application Number

11/336397

Assignees

Clemson University (Anderson, SC, US); United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC, US)

Filing Date

2006-01-20

Primary/U.S. Class

349/169

Other/U.S. Class

349/170, 349/187, 349/193, 359/576, 359/589

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