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We report on the observation of a new type of propagation mechanism through evanescent coupled optical cavity modes in one-dimensional photonic crystals. The crystal is fabricated from alternating silicon-oxide/silicon-nitride pairs with silicon-oxide cavity layers. We achieved nearly full transmission throughout the guiding band of the periodic coupled cavities within the photonic band gap. The tight-binding (TB) parameter κ is determined from experimental results, and the dispersion relation, group velocity and photon lifetime corresponding to the coupled-cavity structures are analyzed within the TB approximation. The measurements are in good agreement with transfer-matrix-method simulations and predictions of the TB photon picture.
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Received: 21 August 2000 / Revised version: 22 August 2000 / Published online: 9 November 2000
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Bayindir, M., Tanriseven, S. & Ozbay, E. Propagation of light through localized coupled-cavity modes in one-dimensional photonic band-gap structures . Appl Phys A 72, 117–119 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390000700
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390000700