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Tamm plasmon polaritons: Slow and spatially compact light (2008)
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Sasin, M., Seisyan, R., Kaliteevski, M., Brand, S., Abram, R., Chamberlain, J., …Kavokin, A. (2008). Tamm plasmon polaritons: Slow and spatially compact light. Applied Physics Letters, 92(25), Article 251112. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2952486

We report on the first experimental observation of Tamm plasmon polaritons (TPPs) formed at the interface between a metal and a dielectric Bragg reflector (DBR). In contrast to conventional surface plasmons, TPPs have an in-plane wavevector less than... Read More about Tamm plasmon polaritons: Slow and spatially compact light.

Terahertz filter based on refractive properties of metallic photonic crystal (2008)
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Kaliteevski, M., Brand, S., Garvie-Cook, J., Abram, R., & Chamberlain, J. (2008). Terahertz filter based on refractive properties of metallic photonic crystal. Optics Express, 16(10), 7330-7335. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.16.007330

We propose a new type of pass-band filter, in this case designed to operate in the terahertz frequency regime, possessing two separate pass-bands utilizing the distinction between positive and negative refraction in a photonic crystal prism. The pris... Read More about Terahertz filter based on refractive properties of metallic photonic crystal.

Density of states in 1D disordered photonic crystals: Analytical solution (2008)
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Greshnov, A., Kaliteevski, M., Abram, R., Brand, S., & Zegrya, G. (2008). Density of states in 1D disordered photonic crystals: Analytical solution. Solid State Communications, 146(3-4), 157-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2008.01.037

A novel analytical approach to the calculation of the density of states of one-dimensional disordered photonic crystals has been developed. It is shown that the problem can be reduced to the solution of a stationary Fokker–Planck equation for the dis... Read More about Density of states in 1D disordered photonic crystals: Analytical solution.

Effect of longitudinal excitations on surface plasmons (2007)
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Kaliteevski, M., Brand, S., Chamberlain, J., Abram, R., & Nikolaev, V. (2007). Effect of longitudinal excitations on surface plasmons. Solid State Communications, 144(9), 413-417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2007.07.043

Passband filters for terahertz radiation based on dual metallic photonic structures (2007)
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Gallant, A., Kaliteevski, M., Wood, D., Petty, M., Abram, R., Brand, S., …Chamberlain, J. (2007). Passband filters for terahertz radiation based on dual metallic photonic structures. Applied Physics Letters, 91(16), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2800381

This paper reports on the development of two-dimensional metallic microstructures for the filtering of terahertz radiation. These structures are fabricated using ultraviolet-based processing of thick SU8 resist. This micromachining technique enables... Read More about Passband filters for terahertz radiation based on dual metallic photonic structures.

Density of states of a one-dimensional disordered photonic crystal (2007)
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Greshnov, A., Kaliteevskii, M., Abram, R., Brand, S., & Zegrya, G. (2007). Density of states of a one-dimensional disordered photonic crystal. Physics of the Solid State, 49(10), 1999-2003. https://doi.org/10.1134/s1063783407100319

An analytic theory of the density of states in one-dimensional disordered photonic crystals is proposed. It is shown that the problem of the density of optical modes can be reduced in the small dielectric contrast approximation to solving a generaliz... Read More about Density of states of a one-dimensional disordered photonic crystal.

Tamm plasmon-polaritons: Possible electromagnetic states at the interface of a metal and a dielectric Bragg mirror (2007)
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Kaliteevski, M., Iorsh, I., Brand, S., Abram, R., Chamberlain, J., Kavokin, A., & Shelykh, I. (2007). Tamm plasmon-polaritons: Possible electromagnetic states at the interface of a metal and a dielectric Bragg mirror. Physical review B, 76(16), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.76.165415

Conventional surface plasmons have a wave vector exceeding that of light in vacuum, and therefore cannot be directly excited by light that is simply incident on the surface. However, we propose that a plasmon-polariton state can be formed at the boun... Read More about Tamm plasmon-polaritons: Possible electromagnetic states at the interface of a metal and a dielectric Bragg mirror.

Terahertz Frequency Bandpass Filters (2007)
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Gallant, A., Kaliteevski, M., Brand, S., Wood, D., Petty, M., Abram, R., & Chamberlain, J. (2007). Terahertz Frequency Bandpass Filters. Journal of Applied Physics, 102(2), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2756072

The design, measurement, and analysis of a range of artificial materials for use at terahertz frequencies are described. The chosen structures consist of arrays of cylindrical gold-plated pillars with period comparable to the wavelength of incident r... Read More about Terahertz Frequency Bandpass Filters.

Whispering gallery polaritons in cylindrical cavities (2007)
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Kaliteevski, M., Brand, S., Abram, R., Kavokin, A., & Dang, L. S. (2007). Whispering gallery polaritons in cylindrical cavities. Physical review B, 75(23), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.75.233309

Strong coupling of the whispering gallery modes with bulk excitons in semiconductor cylinders is demonstrated theoretically. The strong-coupling threshold is governed by the radiative decay rate of optical modes, which we analyze as a function of the... Read More about Whispering gallery polaritons in cylindrical cavities.

Properties of microcavities in two-dimensional photonic quasicrystals with octagonal rotational symmetry (2007)
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Beggs, D., Kaliteevski, M., & Abram, R. (2007). Properties of microcavities in two-dimensional photonic quasicrystals with octagonal rotational symmetry. Journal of Modern Optics, 54(6), 881-893. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340601102441

It is now well established that two-dimensional structures with dielectric variations based on quasicrystalline tilings are able to support photonic band gaps. Here, we have investigated the properties of the localized defect modes with frequencies w... Read More about Properties of microcavities in two-dimensional photonic quasicrystals with octagonal rotational symmetry.

Dynamics of a nonlinear ring cavity: Excitability and coherent resonance (2007)
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Tronciu, V., Abram, R., Rusu, S., & Bardetskii, P. (2007). Dynamics of a nonlinear ring cavity: Excitability and coherent resonance. Physics of the Solid State, 49(3), 426-430. https://doi.org/10.1134/s1063783407030055

The phenomena of excitability and coherent resonance in a nonlinear ring cavity in the presence of excitons and biexcitons are considered. A bifurcation analysis of the dynamics of the nonlinear ring cavity indicates that both self-pulsation and exci... Read More about Dynamics of a nonlinear ring cavity: Excitability and coherent resonance.

Non-local density functional description of poly-para-phenylene vinylene (2007)
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Zheng, G., Clark, S., Brand, S., & Abram, R. (2007). Non-local density functional description of poly-para-phenylene vinylene. Chinese Physics Letters, 24(3), 807-810. https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307x/24/3/061

A fully non-local exchange-correlation formalism within the framework of density functional theory, known as the weighted density approximation (WDA), has been applied to the conjugated polymer poly-para-phenylene vinylene (PPV) and is shown to lead... Read More about Non-local density functional description of poly-para-phenylene vinylene.

Interface photonic states at the boundary between a metal and a dielectric Bragg mirror (2007)
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Shelykh, I., Kaliteevskii, M., Kavokin, A., Brand, S., Abram, R., Chamberlain, J., & Malpuech, G. (2007). Interface photonic states at the boundary between a metal and a dielectric Bragg mirror. physica status solidi (a) – applications and materials science, 204(2), 522-525. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.200673231

Tamm states of light are localized interface modes inside the light-cone. In contrast to the surface modes they can have a zero in-plane wave-vector. We show that they can be formed in both TE and TM polarizations at the boundary between the isotropi... Read More about Interface photonic states at the boundary between a metal and a dielectric Bragg mirror.

Complex photonic band structure and effective plasma frequency of a two-dimensional array of metal rods (2007)
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Brand, S., Abram, R., & Kaliteevski, M. (2007). Complex photonic band structure and effective plasma frequency of a two-dimensional array of metal rods. Physical review B, 75(3), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.75.035102

A number of simple analytic theories have been proposed to define an effective plasma frequency in two-dimensional (2D) periodic systems containing metallic elements such as an array of metal rods in a simple square lattice. Such metallic structures... Read More about Complex photonic band structure and effective plasma frequency of a two-dimensional array of metal rods.

Lattice dynamics of polyaniline and poly(p-pyridyl vinyline): First-principles determination (2006)
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Zheng, G., Clark, S., Brand, S., & Abram, R. (2006). Lattice dynamics of polyaniline and poly(p-pyridyl vinyline): First-principles determination. Physical review B, 74(16), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.74.165210

First-principles density functional studies of the dynamical properties of the conjugated polymers polyaniline and poly(p-pyridyl vinyline) are presented in this work. We have employed linear response within density functional perturbation theory, as... Read More about Lattice dynamics of polyaniline and poly(p-pyridyl vinyline): First-principles determination.

Propagation of electromagnetic waves through a system of randomly placed cylinders: the partial scattering wave resonance (2006)
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Kaliteevski, M., Beggs, D., Brand, S., Abram, R., Fletcher, J., Swift, G., & Chamberlain, J. (2006). Propagation of electromagnetic waves through a system of randomly placed cylinders: the partial scattering wave resonance. Journal of Modern Optics, 53(14), 2089-2097. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340600799015

Propagation of electromagnetic waves through a system of randomly placed cylinders has been modelled. It was found that there is a dip in the ballistic transmission spectra for both the E and H polarizations, which is associated with scattering of th... Read More about Propagation of electromagnetic waves through a system of randomly placed cylinders: the partial scattering wave resonance.

Statistics of the eigenmodes and optical properties of one-dimensional disordered photonic crystals (2006)
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Kaliteevski, M., Beggs, D., Brand, S., Abram, R., & Nikolaev, V. (2006). Statistics of the eigenmodes and optical properties of one-dimensional disordered photonic crystals. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 73(5), https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.73.056616

The eigenmode spectrum and transmission properties of a certain class of one-dimensional disordered photonic crystals have been studied statistically. It is shown that the relative fluctuation of the optical width of the period of the photonic crysta... Read More about Statistics of the eigenmodes and optical properties of one-dimensional disordered photonic crystals.

Molecular dynamics calculations of the thermal expansion properties and melting points of Si and Ge (2006)
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Timon, V., Brand, S., Clark, S., & Abram, R. (2006). Molecular dynamics calculations of the thermal expansion properties and melting points of Si and Ge. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 18(13), 3489-3498. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/18/13/016

The thermal expansion properties and melting points of silicon and germanium are calculated using molecular dynamics simulations within the density functional theory framework. An isothermal–isobaric (NPT) ensemble is considered in a periodic system... Read More about Molecular dynamics calculations of the thermal expansion properties and melting points of Si and Ge.

Properties of two-dimensional photonic crystals with octagonal quasicrystalline unit cells (2006)
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Roper, D., Beggs, D., Kaliteevski, M., Brand, S., & Abram, R. (2006). Properties of two-dimensional photonic crystals with octagonal quasicrystalline unit cells. Journal of Modern Optics, 53(3), 407-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340500415076

The bandstructures of two-dimensional photonic crystals with octagonal quasicrystalline unit cells have been calculated. The existence of photonic band-gaps in such structures is demonstrated, and results showing the variation of the spectral positio... Read More about Properties of two-dimensional photonic crystals with octagonal quasicrystalline unit cells.

Stability of the photonic band gap in the presence of disorder (2006)
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Kaliteevski, M., Beggs, D., Brand, S., Abram, R., & Nikolaev, V. (2006). Stability of the photonic band gap in the presence of disorder. Physical review B, 73(3), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.73.033106

The photonic eigenmodes near a band gap of a type of one-dimensional disordered photonic crystal have been investigated statistically. For the system considered, it is found that the tail of the density of states entering the band gap is characterize... Read More about Stability of the photonic band gap in the presence of disorder.