Title :
Impedance of photonic crystals
Author :
Lawrence, Felix J. ; Botten, Lindsay C. ; Dossou, Kokou B. ; De Sterke, C. Martijn
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We show how the concept of impedance can be defined rigorously in terms of Bloch modes for photonic crystal applications and then exploit this to accurately and efficiently design multilayer anti-reflection coatings for photonic crystals.
Keywords :
antireflection coatings; electric impedance; optical multilayers; photonic crystals; Bloch modes; antireflection coatings; impedance; multilayer; photonic crystals; Coatings; Fresnel reflection; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical reflection; Personal communication networks; Photonic crystals; Reflectivity; Surface impedance; Symmetric matrices;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610545
