title: Observation of optical Shockley-like surface states in photonic superlattices.
abstract: We provide what we believe to be the first experimental demonstration of linear Shockley-like surface states in an optically induced semi-infinite photonic superlattice. Such surface states appear only when the induced superlattice consisting of alternating strong and weak bonds is terminated properly at the surface. Our experimental results are in good agreement with our theoretical analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132, USA.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Malkova
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hromada
authors.forename: Xiaosheng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Garnett
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen