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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2006
Arthur Ballato, Oceanport, NJ (US);
John Ballato, Clemson, SC (US);
Arthur Ballato, Oceanport, NJ (US);
John Ballato, Clemson, SC (US);
Clemson University, Anderson, SC (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
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.