Title :
Optical broadband angular selectivity
Author :
Yichen Shen ; Johnson, Stanley ; Joannopoulos, John D. ; Soljacic, Marin
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We tailor the overlap of the bandgaps of multiple one-dimensional photonic crystals, each with a different periodicity, in such a way we enables transparency throughout the visible spectrum at one angle, the generalized Brewster angle, and reflection at every other viewing angle.
Keywords :
photonic band gap; photonic crystals; reflectivity; visible spectra; bandgaps; generalized Brewster angle; multiple one-dimensional photonic crystals; optical broadband angular selectivity; periodicity; reflection; transparency; viewing angle; visible spectrum; Broadband communication; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical pumping; Photonic band gap; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
