Comparative Study of the One Dimensional Dielectric and Metallic Photonic Crystals

Arafa H. Aly, Mohamed Ismaeel, Ehab Abdel-Rahman

Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Department of Physics, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt.
YJ-STRC, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt.

DOI: 10.4236/opj.2012.22014                

Abstract

The optical transmission properties of two types of photonic crystals have been analyzed by using the transfer matrix method. The first one is the dielectric photonic crystal (DPC), and the second is the metallic photonic crystal (MPC). We found the dielectric and metallic photonic crystals have different transmission spectra. The effect of the most prameters on the transmission spectra of the dielectric and metallic photonic crystals has been studied.

Keywords

Transmission; Metallic Photonic Crystals; Dielectric Photonic Crystals; Photonic Band Gap

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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