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Periodic thin-film interference filters as one-dimensional photonic crystals

Soft Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v3

Abstract

We review photonic band gap related properties of a simple periodic system of thin dielectric layers. Properties associated with forbidden and allowed bands of such one-dimensional photonic crystals are presented. A revision of forbidden bands properties leads to an omnidirectional Bragg mirror design. The anisotropy of allowed bands suggests the formation of photon-focusing caustics in one-dimensional photonic crystals.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0008182,
  title  = {Periodic thin-film interference filters as one-dimensional photonic crystals},
  author = {Dmitry N. Chigrin and Clivia M. Sotomayor Torres},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0008182},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Optics & Spectroscopy