Title :
1-D Photonic Crystal as an Anti-Reflection Layer for First Band Photonic Crystals
Author :
Bakhtazad, Aref ; Khorshidahmad, Amin ; Jugessur, Aju S. ; Kirk, Andrew G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que.
Abstract :
A 1-D photonic crystal (PC) when placed in front of a bulk PC can play the role of anti-reflection layer (ARL). A five-fold reduction in reflection is obtained for a first band PC
Keywords :
antireflection coatings; optical materials; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; 1-D photonic crystal; antireflection layer; first band photonic crystals; reflection reduction; Buffer layers; Diffraction; Fabrication; Fresnel reflection; Kirk field collapse effect; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical reflection; Personal communication networks; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279047
