Direct experimental observation of giant Goos-Hänchen shifts from bandgap-enhanced total internal reflection

Opt Lett. 2011 Sep 15;36(18):3539-41. doi: 10.1364/OL.36.003539.

Abstract

Giant Goos-Hänchen (GH) shifts are experimentally demonstrated from a prism-coupled multilayer structure incorporating a one-dimensional photonic crystal (PC) through a bandgap-enhanced total internal reflection scheme. By combining the large phase changes near the bandgap of the PC and the low reflection loss of the total internal reflection, 2 orders of magnitude enhancement of the GH shift is realized with rather low extra optical loss, which might help to open the door toward many interesting applications for GH effects.