Analysis of defect layers’ insertion effect on optical transmission properties of multilayer structures based on one-dimensional photonic crystals

We report the reflectivity of one-dimensional finite and semi-infinite photonic crystals, computed through the coupling to Bloch modes (BM) and through a transfer matrix method (TMM), and their comparison to the experimental spectral line shapes of porous silicon (PS) multilayer structures. Both methods reproduce a forbidden photonic bandgap (PBG), but slowly-converging oscillations are observed in the TMM as the number of layers increases to infinity, while a smooth converged behavior is presented with BM. The experimental reflectivity spectra is in good agreement with the TMM results for multilayer structures with a small number of periods. However, for structures with large amount of periods, the measured spectral line shapes exhibit better agreement with the smooth behavior predicted by BM.

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Interesting Band Properties of One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Containing Epsilon-Negative Layers

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A ◽

10.1515/zna-2010-0409 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 65 (4) ◽

pp. 329-334 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fei Xu ◽

Yulin Chen

Keyword(s):

Photonic Crystals ◽

Low Frequency ◽

Transmission Band ◽

Frequency Range ◽

One Dimensional ◽

Transmission Properties ◽

Periodic Repetition ◽

Positive Index ◽

Small Period ◽

General Method

The transmission properties of one-dimensional photonic crystals constituted by a periodic repetition of positive-index layers and epsilon-negative layers are studied theoretically. This structure shows some interesting properties including a wide gap in the low frequency range for small period number and a comb-like transmission band in the gap. The properties of the comb-like transmission band are sensitive to the period number of the structure. In contrast to the zero-ngap and the zero- φeff gap, the transmission properties are dependent on the structure parameters. A general method to decide the position of gap and transmission band in this kind of structure is also presented.

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Light Transmission Properties of One-Dimensional Sinc Function Photonic Crystals Containing a Dispersive Defect Layer with Negative Refractive Index

Chinese Journal of Lasers ◽

10.3788/cjl201441.0406001 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. 0406001

Author(s):

王筠 Wang Yun ◽

刘丹 Liu Dan ◽

刘勇 Liu Yong ◽

李建明 Li Jianming ◽

靳海芹 Jin Haiqin

Keyword(s):

Refractive Index ◽

Photonic Crystals ◽

Light Transmission ◽

Negative Refractive Index ◽

Defect Layer ◽

Sinc Function ◽

One Dimensional ◽

Transmission Properties

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Transmission properties of one-dimensional ternary plasma photonic crystals

Physics of Plasmas ◽

10.1063/1.4931926 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (9) ◽

pp. 092129 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Laxmi Shiveshwari ◽

S. K. Awasthi

Keyword(s):

Photonic Crystals ◽

One Dimensional ◽

Transmission Properties ◽

Plasma Photonic Crystals

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Transmittance properties of a quasi-periodic one-dimensional photonic crystals that incorporate nanocomposite material

International Journal of Modern Physics B ◽

10.1142/s021797921850220x ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 (21) ◽

pp. 1850220 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Arafa H. Aly ◽

Christina Malek ◽

Hussein A. Elsayed

Keyword(s):

Photonic Crystals ◽

Volume Fraction ◽

Dielectric Material ◽

Optical Switches ◽

Numerical Results ◽

Nanocomposite Material ◽

Characteristic Matrix ◽

Photonic Bandgaps ◽

One Dimensional ◽

Transmission Properties

In this paper, we investigate theoretically the transmission properties of one-dimensional quasi-periodic photonic crystals that containing nanocomposite material in the IR wavelength regions. Our structure is particularly designed using the Fibonacci role. Here, the nanocomposite material is composed of nanoparticles of Ag that are randomly immersed in a host dielectric material of SiO2. Numerical results are mainly investigated based on the well-known characteristic matrix method. The numerical results show the appearance of many photonic bandgaps due to the multiple periodicities of our structure. Furthermore, the effects of the parameters of the nanocomposite such as the volume fraction, the refractive index of the dielectric material and the size of the nanoparticles have distinct effects on the transmittance characteristics of our structure. Wherefore, the proposed structure could be considered the cornerstone for many applications such as multichannel filters and optical switches.

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