title: Resonant transmission of self-collimated beams through coupled zigzag-box resonators: slow self-collimated beams in a photonic crystal.
abstract: The resonant transmission of self-collimated beams through zigzag-box resonators is demonstrated experimentally and numerically. Numerical simulations show that the flat-wavefront and the width of the beam are well maintained after passing through zigzag-box resonators because the up and the down zigzag-sides prevent the beam from spreading out and the wavefront is perfectly reconstructed by the output zigzag-side of the resonator. Measured split resonant frequencies of two- and three-coupled zigzag-box resonators are well agreed with those predicted by a tight binding model to consider optical coupling between the nearest resonators. Slowing down the speed of self-collimated beams is also demonstrated by using a twelve-coupled zigzag-box resonator in simulations. Our work could be useful in implementing devices to manipulate self-collimated beams in time domain.
authors.affiliation: Nanophotonics Laboratory, Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST, Gwangju 500-712, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sun-Goo
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seong-Han
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Teun-Teun
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae-Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hae Yong
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Chul-Sik
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Kee