8 June 2018 Effect of dispersion on omnidirectional reflection band in zinc oxide-based one-dimensional photonic crystal heterostructures
Vinod Chacko, Sonia Bansal, Aurangzeb Khurram Hafiz
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Abstract
We report a numerical study of the effect of material dispersion on the omnidirectional reflectors (ODR) properties in the case of one-dimensional photonic crystal structures consisting of alternate layers of zinc oxide as material of high refractive index and SiO2 as material of low refractive index. The interplay of dispersion and structural parameters on the ODR properties of the structure of interest has been analyzed. Taking into account the material dispersion properties, shift in the wavelength range for ODR from (1079  −  1158  nm) to (1133  −  1103  nm) is observed. This shows the narrowing of the bandwidth for ODR from 79 to 30 nm as a result of material dispersion. The wavelength range of interest is close to optical communication wavelengths and is useful in many optical device applications.
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Vinod Chacko, Sonia Bansal, and Aurangzeb Khurram Hafiz "Effect of dispersion on omnidirectional reflection band in zinc oxide-based one-dimensional photonic crystal heterostructures," Journal of Nanophotonics 12(2), 026012 (8 June 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.12.026012
Received: 7 January 2018; Accepted: 14 May 2018; Published: 8 June 2018
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KEYWORDS
Dispersion

Zinc oxide

Refractive index

Photonic crystals

Reflectors

Multilayers

Reflectivity

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