Issue |
J. Eur. Opt. Soc.-Rapid Publ.
Volume 2, 2007
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Article Number | 07002 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.2971/jeos.2007.07002 | |
Published online | 11 January 2007 |
Regular papers
Non-Bragg band gaps in 1D metamaterial aperiodic multilayers
1
Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, E–46022 Valencia, Spain
2
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
3
Departamento de Óptica, Universidad de Valencia, E–46100 Burjasstot (Valencia), Spain
Received:
12
October
2006
We investigate the existence of non–Bragg band gaps in 1D aperiodic photonic structures, namely the Fibonacci and Thue–Morse lattices combining ordinary positive index materials and dispersive metamaterials. Both structures present new band gaps which, in contrast with the usual Bragg gaps, are not based on interference mechanisms. One of these non–Bragg gaps, called zero–n̄ gap and corresponding to zero (volume) averaged refractive index, has been reported to be present in Fibonacci lattices. In this paper we extend this result to other aperiodic systems, showing the existence of a zero– n̄ gap also in Thue–Morse lattices. Furthermore, we show that these systems can also support two polarization–selective non–Bragg gaps: the zero permeability, and the zero permittivity gaps. Some distinctive aspects of these gaps are outlined and the impact on the photonic spectra produced by the level of the generation of the aperiodic structure is analyzed.
Key words: Fibonacci / Thue–Morse / metamaterial / negative refractive index
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