Absorption in periodic layered structures

2000/04/01 by Alexander Moroz, Moroz, Alexander, Adriaan Tip +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Condensed Matter (cond-mat) #FOS: Physical sciences #cond-mat

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0004004

8 pages, Elsart Tex, 3 ps figures, to appear in Synthetic Metals. For more info on this subject see http://www.amolf.nl/research/photonic_materials_theory/moroz/moroz.html

arxiv created 2000/04/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

Photonic band structure of metal-dielectric and semiconductor-dielectric layered structures are studied in the presence of a strong absorption. It is shown that absorption can enlarge some gaps by as much as 50%.

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