Density of Bloch states inside a one dimensional photonic crystal

2021/10/31 by Ebrahim Forati · 2 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Anisotropy #Bloch wave #Condensed matter physics #Crystal (programming language) #Density of states #Dispersion (optics) #Dispersion relation #Local density of states #Materials science #Optics #Photonic Crystals and Applications #Photonic and Optical Devices #Photonic crystal #Physics #Range (aeronautics) #Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1402-4896/ac5bbc

published in Physica Scripta 97(4), 045814 (IOP Publishing)

arxiv created 2021/10/31 · openalex publication_date 2022/03/08 · arxiv updated 2022/03/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The density of Bloch electromagnetic states inside a one dimensional photonic crystal (1D PC) is formulated based on its dispersion relations. The formulation applied to any anisotropic medium with known dispersion relations and iso-frequency surfaces. Using a practical 1D PC parameters in the visible range, the density of Bloch states for different modes are calculated.

Citations

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