Title :
Impedance of square and hexagonal photonic crystals
Author :
Lawrence, Felix J. ; Botten, Lindsay C. ; Dossou, Kokou B. ; De Sterke, C. Martijn
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh-Bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We rigorously define an impedance for photonic crystals, which generally needs to be a matrix. We use it to design a two-layer anti-reflection coating for a frequency where the bulk crystal reflects over 50%.
Keywords :
antireflection coatings; photonic crystals; hexagonal photonic crystals; two-layer anti-reflection coating; Coatings; Frequency; Fresnel reflection; Impedance; Lattices; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Personal communication networks; Photonic crystals; Symmetric matrices; (050.5298) Photonic crystals; (290.4210) Multiple scattering; (310.1210) Anti-reflection coatings;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8