Abstract
In this paper, the photonic band-gap of one-dimensional photonic crystals with (AB)N configuration is presented and
thoroughly discussed based on transfer matrix method (TMM). Results show that band-gap properties including the width,
central wavelength, and reflectance are directly related to refractive index, thickness, periodic number of dielectric materials,
and incidence angle. By increasing the periodic number from 3 to 30, the reflectance is gradually enhanced till nearly stable.
As both thickness ratio and refractive index ratio between two dielectric materials are increased, the band-gap width is
remarkably extended. In addition, while the incidence angle is varied from 00 to 800, the band-gap width is compressed (TM
wave) and slightly broadened (TE wave), and the central wavelength of band-gap is shifted to shorter wavelength compared
to the case of normal incidence..
Keywords
Photonic crystals, Transfer matrix method, Photonic band-gap.
Citation
FANG-CAO PENG, MING-YU JIANG, JIAN-WEI WU, Study of tunable band-gap properties in one-dimensional binary photonic crystals, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 11, 1-2, January-February 2017, pp.12-16 (2017).
Submitted at: Aug. 4, 2015
Accepted at: Feb. 10, 2017