Stability of the photonic band gap in the presence of disorder
Stability of the photonic band gap in the presence of disorder
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.73.033106
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发表时间:
2006-01-01
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Nikolaev, VV
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作者:
Kaliteevski, MA;Beggs, DM;Nikolaev, VV
The photonic eigenmodes near a band gap of a type of one-dimensional disordered photonic crystal have been investigated statistically. For the system considered, it is found that the tail of the density of states entering the band gap is characterized by a certain penetration depth, which is proportional to the disorder parameter. A quantitative relation between the relative penetration depth, the relative width of the photonic band gap, and the disorder has been found. It is apparent that there is a certain level of disorder below which the probability of the appearance of photonic eigenstates at the center of the photonic band gap essentially vanishes. Below the threshold, the ensemble-averaged transmission at the center of the photonic band gap does not change significantly with increasing disorder, but above threshold it increases much more rapidly. A simple empirical formula has been obtained which describes how the logarithm of the transmission relates to the periodic refractive index modulation and the disorder.