Impact of Geometry on the TM Photonic Band Gaps of Photonic Crystals and Quasicrystals

• Main Authors: Bita, Ion (Author), Thomas, Edwin L. (Contributor), Jia, Lin (Contributor)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Physical Society (APS), 2012-01-27T18:42:07Z.
• Subjects: Article
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Here we demonstrate a novel quantitative procedure to pursue statistical studies on the geometric properties of photonic crystals and photonic quasicrystals (PQCs) which consist of separate dielectric particles. The geometric properties are quantified and correlated to the size of the photonic band gap (PBG) for wide permittivity range using three characteristic parameters: shape anisotropy, size distribution, and feature-feature distribution. Our concept brings statistical analysis to the photonic crystal research and offers the possibility to predict the PBG from a morphological analysis.
United States. Army Research Office. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (contract W911NF-07-D-0004)
National Science Foundation (U.S.) (grant DMR-0804449)