title: Giant photonic Hall effect in magnetophotonic crystals.
abstract: We have considered a simple, square, two-dimensional (2D) PC built of a magneto-optic matrix with square holes. It is shown that using such a magnetophotonic crystal it is possible to deflect a light beam at very large angles by applying a nonzero external magnetic field. The effect is called the giant photonic Hall effect (GPHE) or the magnetic superprism effect. The GPHE is based on magneto-optical properties, as is the photonic Hall effect [B. A. van Tiggelen and G. L. J. A. Rikken, in, edited by V. M. Shalaev (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2002), p. 275]; however GPHE is not caused by asymmetrical light scattering but rather by the influence of an external magnetic field on the photonic band structure.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Theoretical and Applied Electromagnetism, OIVT, Russian Academy of Sciences, 125412, Moscow, Izhorskay 13/19, Russia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Merzlikin
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Vinogradov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Granovsky