A symmetry-based multimodal transfer-matrix method for the analysis of 2D-periodic structures

We propose a systematic and efficient extension of the multimodal transfer-matrix method to obtain the dispersion diagram of structures with 2-D periodicity specifically targeted to primitive unit cells that possess internal symmetries. When symmetry planes can be applied, the study of the unit cell...

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Autores: Jiménez Suárez, Jesús María, Mesa Ledesma, Francisco Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/174713
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/174713
https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2025.3554934
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dispersion analysis
Hexagonal lattice
Multimodal analysis
Periodic structure
Scattering matrix
Symmetry planes
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Sumario:We propose a systematic and efficient extension of the multimodal transfer-matrix method to obtain the dispersion diagram of structures with 2-D periodicity specifically targeted to primitive unit cells that possess internal symmetries. When symmetry planes can be applied, the study of the unit cell can be simplified to a number of 1D-periodic scenarios that depend on the boundary conditions imposed by the symmetry planes. The study of these 1D-periodic scenarios is simpler, more accurate, and requires less computational cost. The proposed methodology has been validated with different examples of periodic structures with different lattices (squared, rectangular, and hexagonal), symmetries, and motifs. Furthermore, this approach brings about a deeper understanding of the study of the Brillouin zone (BZ) and the relationship between phase shift and paths on its irreducible Brillouin zone (IBZ).