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Spectral Talbot effect: interpretation via band diagrams

✍ Scribed by C. Martijn de Sterke; Benjamin J. Eggleton

Book ID: 103871119
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 162 KB
Volume: 248
Category: Article
ISSN: 0030-4018
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.11.090

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✦ Synopsis

We discuss the spectral Talbot effect that was recently reported by Wang et al. [Opt. Lett. 29 (2004) 1590]. We show that it can naturally be interpreted in terms of the band diagram of a grating, which shows the position of the onedimensional photonic bandgap as a function of position. We also confirm that it can be understood in the same way as the temporal Talbot effect.