2010/12/16 by D. M. Whittaker, Whittaker, D. M., G. A. Gehring +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics) #Photonic Crystals and Applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1012.3677
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A method is presented for modelling the optical properties of a photonic crystal structure mounted on a substrate which is thick enough that the light reflected from the back is incoherent with reflections from the front. Transmission and reflection spectra are presented for the cases where the structure is a multilayer planar microcavity and an opal photonic crystal. The contributions from the incoherent reflections can be very large, and in the photonic crystal case, change the positions of the spectral peaks.