Complete photonic band gap in a two-dimensional chessboard lattice

Authors
Agio, M Andreani, LC
Citation
M. Agio et Lc. Andreani, Complete photonic band gap in a two-dimensional chessboard lattice, PHYS REV B, 61(23), 2000, pp. 15519-15522
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN journal
01631829 → ACNP
Volume
61
Issue
23
Year of publication
2000
Pages
15519 - 15522
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(20000615)61:23<15519:CPBGIA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The photonic structure of a two-dimensional square lattice with square colu mns rotated by 45 degrees is theoretically studied. For a range of dielectr ic filling factors around f=0.5 (for which the lattice reduces to a chessbo ard) a photonic band gap common to s and p polarizations is found. The comp lete band gap occurs for a wide range of values of the dielectric contrast and is maximum fur relatively low values of the contrast.