Published February 19, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Appearance of photonic minibands in disordered photonic crystals

  • 1. Groupe d'Etude des Semiconducteurs CC074, Universite Montpellier II, Place Bataillon (France)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Durham, Durham (United Kingdom)

Description

We have demonstrated the appearance of photonic minibands within the photonic bandgaps of a disordered system represented by randomly distributed 'vacancies' of air cylinders. The positions of the photonic minibands are defined by the energies of the localized photonic states of the single defect, and their width increases with increase in the concentration of the defects. The appearance of the minibands makes possible the construction of spectral filters with thin transmission bands

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/15/785/c30605.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter (ISSN 1361-648X) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 785-790
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34026145
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTALS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; ENERGY LEVELS; PHOTONS
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MASSLESS PARTICLES