TITLE:
Studies of Optical Properties of Symmetrical Quasi-Periodic Photonic Crystals
AUTHORS:
Jihene Zaghdoudi, Nadia Maaloul, Mounir Kanzari
KEYWORDS:
Symmetrical Quasi-Periodic Photonic Crystals; Hybrid Photonic Crystals; Photonic Band Gap
JOURNAL NAME:
Optics and Photonics Journal,
Vol.2 No.4,
December
28,
2012
ABSTRACT: Using the transfer matrix method approach (TMM), the present
paper attempts to determine the optical properties of quasi-periodic symmetric one-dimensional
photonic systems. In addition, it studies hybrid hetero-structure systems constructed
by using periodic and quasi-periodic multilayer systems. The effect of symmetry
applied to symmetric multilayer systems results in the appearance of optical windows
at the photonic band gaps (PBG) of the system. The use of hybrid symmetric systems,
at normal incidence in the visible range, show that the complete photonic band gap
is the sum of bands from individual systems. The results show also that the width
of the PBG depends on the parameters and nature of the built system.