N Ouchani et al 2009 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 485401 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/21/48/485401
N Ouchani1, D Bria1,2, B Djafari Rouhani2 and A Nougaoui1
Show affiliationsWe demonstrate theoretically that a one-dimensional anisotropic photonic crystal can exhibit an absolute photonic band gap in which the propagation of light is prohibited for all polarizations and for a given incidence plane. Our structure is formed by the combination of a simple finite superlattice, composed of two alternating birefringent biaxial layers, with a cladding layer. The latter is made of the same material as one of the layers constituting the perfect superlattice, but with different orientation and thickness. We discuss whether the birefringence of the layers has a significant impact on the reflection gap. We have found that for reasonable values of structure parameters an absolute band gap can be obtained. Green's function method is used to derive the necessary expressions for our calculation. The effect of different parameters, namely, the orientation of the layers, the filling fraction, etc, is investigated to achieve a birefringent reflector.
Issue 48 (2 December 2009)
Received 31 May 2009, in final form 22 September 2009
Published 30 October 2009
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