Modeling of disorder effects and optical extinction in three-dimensional photonic crystals

We present three different methods for the modeling of disorder effects in three-dimensional photonic crystals. In order to reproduce experimental results, we apply a method based on a statistical distribution of sphere sizes and vacancy density in a colloidal crystal slab. The other two methods con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Dorado, Luis Antonio, Depine, Ricardo Angel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/60895
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/60895
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Photonic Crystals
Opals
Disorder
Kkr
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
Descripción
Sumario:We present three different methods for the modeling of disorder effects in three-dimensional photonic crystals. In order to reproduce experimental results, we apply a method based on a statistical distribution of sphere sizes and vacancy density in a colloidal crystal slab. The other two methods consist of adding extinction to the theoretical model so energy losses account for the diffuse light scattering produced by imperfections in the crystalline structure, which removes energy from coherently scattered waves. Although we exemplify the case of synthetic opals, our analysis also applies to other kinds of photonic crystals. © 2009 The American Physical Society.