Journal of the European Optical Society - Rapid publications, Vol 1 (2006)

Coherence effects in propagation through photonic crystals

A. Mandatori, M. Bertolotti, C. Sibilia, B. J. Hoenders, M. Scalora

Abstract


We have analytically studied how a partially coherent quasi plane wave is affected by a photonic crystal structure including a grating. The analysis is presented for spatial and temporal cases showing the possibility to determine the coherence characteristics of the pulse.

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