title: Polymer-loaded propagating modes on a one-dimensional photonic crystal.
abstract: We numerically and experimentally demonstrate that a polymer film-coated one-dimensional photonic crystal (1DPC) can sustain transverse electric (TE) polarized modes without the limit of guided layer's thickness. Our results indicate that two propagating modes are existing inside the polymer film, the first one is the TE polarized Bloch surface wave, and the second one is the TE polarized guided mode. Here in, the evolution of these two modes with change in the polymer film thickness is presented. Our numerical simulation results are in well-agreement with the experimental data obtained using back focal plane imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Douguo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Yikai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Ruxue
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Liangfu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Pei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ming
authors.affiliation: Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Ramachandram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Badugu
authors.affiliation: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Institute of Photonics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lakowicz
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