Effect of extinction on the high-energy optical response of photonic crystals

An analysis of the optical response of photonic crystals in the high-order band energy range is herein presented. High and abruptly fluctuating specular reflectance is predicted for perfect lattices at those energies even in the absence of any photonic gap or pseudogap. As optical extinction is grad...

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Autores principales: Dorado, L.A., Depine, R.A., Míguez, H.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10980121_v75_n24_p_Dorado
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Sumario:An analysis of the optical response of photonic crystals in the high-order band energy range is herein presented. High and abruptly fluctuating specular reflectance is predicted for perfect lattices at those energies even in the absence of any photonic gap or pseudogap. As optical extinction is gradually introduced, it is possible to reproduce experimental results found in the literature and which have recently been the subject of an intense debate. Band structure calculations demonstrate that extinction is extraordinarily amplified in the high-energy range and is responsible for the features so far observed in that range in real crystals. © 2007 The American Physical Society.