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%.
Cite
@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