Abstract

We investigate the localization properties of surface waves created at the interface between a truncated 1D photonic crystal and homogeneous medium in the presence of a chiral cap layer using the transfer matrix method. The numerical results show that the interface can support surface waves with both transverse electric and transverse magnetic polarizations. We demonstrate that the surface waves can be engineered by varying the chirality parameter of the cap layer, which plays an important role in controlling and localization of surface states. It is shown that the effect of a chirality parameter on surface waves with transverse electric polarization is more remarkable compared with surface waves with transverse magnetic polarization. In addition, the effect of thickness and material type of the cap layer and the termination layer of a photonic crystal on surface waves is investigated. The results show that these parameters have considerable effect on modification of surface states. These findings may open new opportunities in the design of cavity-based devices such as high-$Q$ sensors and perfect absorbers.

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