Observation of total omnidirectional reflection from a one-dimensional dielectric lattice
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1 Materials Science
Abstract
We show that under certain conditions one-dimensional dielectric lattice possesses total omnidirectional reflection of incident light. The predictions are verified experimentally using Na3AlF6/ZnSe multilayer structure developed by means of standard optical technology. The structure was found to exhibit reflection coefficient more then 99% in the range of incident angles 0-86 (degree) at the wavelength of 632.8 nm for s-polarization. The results are believed to stimulate new experiments on photonic crystals and controlled spontaneous emission.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9811073,
title = {Observation of total omnidirectional reflection from a one-dimensional dielectric lattice},
author = {Dmitry N. Chigrin and Andrei V. Lavrinenko and Dmitry A. Yarotsky and Sergey V. Gaponenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9811073},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, 5 figures; submitted to Applied Physics A