Polariton Modes in Two-Dimensional Dispersive and Absorptive Photonic Crystals

Abstract

Two-dimensional photonic crystals play important role in practical photonic devices. In this study, Hamiltonian method is used to determine the evolution equations for the fields. This method allows us to determine the polariton modes inside a periodically structured medium. For a two-dimensional photonic crystal, the Hamiltonian for electromagnetic field interaction with structured medium is constructed and the evolution equations for fields are determined from Hamilton’s equations of motion. The polariton modes are found from the canonical form of the Hamiltonian.