Doppler radiation emitted by an oscillating dipole moving inside a photonic band-gap crystal.
We study the radiation emitted by an oscillating dipole moving with a constant velocity in a photonic crystal, and analyze the effects that arise in the presence of a photonic band gap. It is demonstrated through numerical simulations that the radiation strength may be enhanced or inhibited according to the photonic band structure, and anomalous effects in the sign and magnitude of the Doppler shifts are possible, both outside and inside the gap. We suggest that this effect could be used to identify the physical origin of the backward waves in recent metamaterials.
Luo
Chiyan
C
Department of Physics and Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Ibanescu
Mihai
M
Reed
Evan J
EJ
Johnson
Steven G
SG
Joannopoulos
J D
JD