Abstract
We study the effect of metallic cladding on the band structure of a two-dimensional photonic crystal slab. Band structures of a honeycomb patterned two-dimensional photonic crystal slab, with/without a metal-clad or a perfect conductor clad, are calculated using both the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method and the plane wave expansion (PWE) method. We explain the changes of the band structure due to cladding. We also show that the band structure of a metal-clad photonic crystal can be obtained effectively from the odd modes of the air bridge type dielectric photonic crystal slab, thicker than the metal-clad photonic crystal by a factor larger than two.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 18-21 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Current Applied Physics |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2009 Jan |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work is supported by q-Psi, KOSEF, KRF, MOCIE and the Seoul R&BD Program.
Keywords
- FDTD
- Metal cladding
- Photonic crystal slab
- Projected band structure
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- General Physics and Astronomy