Eur. Phys. J. B 37, 293-299 (2004)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2004-00059-3

Photonic-band-gap structures and guide modes in two-dimensional magnetic photonic crystal heterostructures

¹ Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, P.R. China
² CCAST (World Lab.), P.O. Box 8730, Beijing 100080, P.R. China
³ Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100080, P.R. China

Corresponding author: ^a guby@aphy.iphy.ac.cn

Received: 26 August 2003
Published online: 2 April 2004

Abstract

We first investigate the band gap structures of two-dimensional magnetic photonic crystals (MPC) composed of rectangular (square) magnetic cylinders embedded in a host dielectric material in the rectangular (square) lattice, and we then study guide modes at interface of MPC heterostructures (MPCHs) by use of plane wave expansion method in combination with supercell technique. We find that both the mirror-symmetric MPCHs and the mixed-type MPCHs composed of square cylinders in a square lattice can produce the TM guide modes even without any lattice distortions. This feature is quite different from that of the non-magnetic PC heterostructures, in which the occurrence of the guide modes requires the relatively longitudinal gliding or transverse displacement of lattices. It may provide a new way to generate guide modes and apply to the device of light wave guides.