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  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 15, Iss. 2 — Jan. 22, 2007
  • pp: 695–703

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Characteristics of photonic band gaps in woodpile three-dimensional terahertz photonic crystals

Huan Liu, Jianquan Yao, Degang Xu, and Peng Wang  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 2, pp. 695-703 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.000695


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Abstract

Based on plane wave expansion method, complete photonic band gaps (PBGs) of a woodpile three-dimensional (3-D) terahertz (THz) photonic crystal (PC) with face-centered-tetragonal (fct) symmetry are optimized by varying structural parameters and the highest band gap ratio can reach 26.71%. In order to further optimize the complete PBGs, we propose a novel woodpile lattice with comparatively decreased symmetry and the highest band gap ratio can be increased to 27.61%. The woodpile THz PCs with two different symmetries both have a wide range of filling ratios to gain high quality complete PBGs, making the manufacturing process convenient. Woodpile 3-D PCs will be very promising materials for THz functional components.

© 2007 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(220.0220) Optical design and fabrication : Optical design and fabrication
(300.6270) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, far infrared

ToC Category:
Photonic Crystals

History
Original Manuscript: October 12, 2006
Revised Manuscript: November 20, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: December 7, 2006
Published: January 22, 2007

Citation
Huan Liu, Jianquan Yao, Degang Xu, and Peng Wang, "Characteristics of photonic band gaps in woodpile three-dimensional terahertz photonic crystals," Opt. Express 15, 695-703 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-2-695


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