Heterostructures of photonic crystals: frequency bands and transmission coefficients

doi:10.1016/S0010-4655(98)00060-5

Computer Physics Communications

Volume 113, Issue 1, September 1998, Pages 49-77

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Abstract

We present a program for the calculation of the frequency band structure of an infinite photonic crystal, and of the transmission, reflection and absorption coefficients of light by a slab of this crystal. The crystal consists of a stack of identical slices parallel to a given surface; a slice may consist of a number of different components, each of which can be either a homogeneous plate or a multilayer of spherical particles of given periodicity parallel to the surface.

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Heterostructures of photonic crystals: frequency bands and transmission coefficients

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