Interface photonic states at the boundary between a metal and a dielectric Bragg mirror

Shelykh, IA; Kaliteevskii, M; Kavokin, AV; Brand, S; Abram, RA; Chamberlain, JM; Malpuech, G

doi:10.1002/pssa.200673231

Interface photonic states at the boundary between a metal and a dielectric Bragg mirror

Shelykh, IA; Kaliteevskii, M; Kavokin, AV; Brand, S; Abram, RA; Chamberlain, JM; Malpuech, G

Authors

IA Shelykh

M Kaliteevskii

AV Kavokin

S Brand

RA Abram

JM Chamberlain

G Malpuech

Contributors

M Kaliteevski dph1mk@durham.ac.uk
Other

Abstract

Tamm states of light are localized interface modes inside the light-cone. In contrast to the surface modes they can have a zero in-plane wave-vector. We show that they can be formed in both TE and TM polarizations at the boundary between the isotropic media with a negative dielectric constant (e.g. a metal below the plasmon resonance) and a periodical dielectric Bragg structure. It is shown that the order of layers in Bragg structure is crucial for the appearance of the Tamm states. The in-plane dispersion of the interface states is parabolic with effective masses slightly different for TE and TM polarizations, both of the order of 10–5 of the free electron mass.

Citation

Shelykh, I., Kaliteevskii, M., Kavokin, A., Brand, S., Abram, R., Chamberlain, J., & Malpuech, G. (2007). Interface photonic states at the boundary between a metal and a dielectric Bragg mirror. physica status solidi (a) – applications and materials science, 204(2), 522-525. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.200673231

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Feb 1, 2007
Deposit Date	Feb 21, 2011
Journal	physica status solidi (a)
Print ISSN	1862-6300
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	204
Issue	2
Pages	522-525
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.200673231
Keywords	42.70.Qs;78.67.Pt