Photonic band structure: The face-centered-cubic case employing nonspherical atoms
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We introduce a practical, new, face-centered-cubic dielectric structure which simultaneously solves two of the outstanding problems in photonic band structure. In this new ``photonic crystal'' the atoms are nonspherical, lifting the degeneracy at the W point of the Brillouin zone, and permitting a full photonic band gap rather than a pseudogap. Furthermore, this fully three-dimensional fcc structure lends itself readily to microfabrication on the scale of optical wavelengths. It is created by simply drilling three sets of holes 35.26\ifmmode^\circ\else\textdegree\fi{} off vertical into the top surface of a solid slab or wafer, as can be done, for example, by chemical-beam-assisted ion etching.
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- Authors
- Yablonovitch, E., Gmitter, T., & Leung, K.
- ORCID
- Yablonovitch, E.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1991-10
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 2295-2298
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
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- W1972187331
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- en
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Nonlinear Photonic Systems
- Keywords
- photonic crystals, photonic band structure, face-centered cubic lattice, photonic band gap, Brillouin zone, three-dimensional photonic crystals, microfabrication, ion etching, dielectric structures
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