Abstract
Light propagation in one-dimensional (1D) periodic structures (photonic crystals), including absorption, is studied analytically. Oblique incidence on a slab with an arbitrary complex valued refractive index is treated. The transfer matrix method and Bragg conditions are modified accordingly. The propagation in a sinusoidal absorptive crystal is computed as an example.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 035102 |
| Journal | Journal of Optics |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 2011 |
Keywords
- absorptive photonic crystal
- oblique incidence
- transfer matrix
- Bragg conditions