Studies of Optical Properties of Symmetrical Quasi-Periodic Photonic Crystals

Jihene Zaghdoudi, Nadia Maaloul, Mounir Kanzari

hotovoltaic and Semiconductor Materials Laboratory, Ecole National d’Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
Photovoltaic and Semiconductor Materials Laboratory, Ecole National d’Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.

DOI: 10.4236/opj.2012.24033                

Abstract

Using the transfer matrix method approach (TMM), the present paper attempts to determine the optical properties of quasi-periodic symmetric one-dimensional photonic systems. In addition, it studies hybrid hetero-structure systems constructed by using periodic and quasi-periodic multilayer systems. The effect of symmetry applied to symmetric multilayer systems results in the appearance of optical windows at the photonic band gaps (PBG) of the system. The use of hybrid symmetric systems, at normal incidence in the visible range, show that the complete photonic band gap is the sum of bands from individual systems. The results show also that the width of the PBG depends on the parameters and nature of the built system.

Keywords

Symmetrical Quasi-Periodic Photonic Crystals; Hybrid Photonic Crystals; Photonic Band Gap

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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