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Absorption in periodic layered structures

Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v1

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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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0004004,
  title  = {Absorption in periodic layered structures},
  author = {Alexander Moroz and Adriaan Tip and Jean-Michel Combes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0004004},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

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