A program for calculating photonic band structures and transmission coefficients of complex structures

P. M. Bell; J. B. Pendry; L. Martín Moreno; Ashley J. W. Ward

doi:10.1016/0010-4655(94)00131-k

Abstract

We present here a program which will calculate either the photonic band structure or the transmission and reflection coefficients of photons incident on some complex metallic or dielectric structure. The method we use is to discretise the differential form of Maxwell's equations and arrange them such that we can apply the tried and trusted transfer matrix technique, often employed in condensed matter physics for calculating electronic properties of solids. The method is sufficiently general that any system with a well-defined unit cell can be studied.

Keywords

Transfer-matrix method (optics)Transmission (telecommunications)PhotonicsReflection (computer programming)Transfer matrixPhotonTransmission coefficientPhysicsDielectricElectronic band structurePhotonic crystalComputational physicsStatistical physicsOpticsMathematical analysisMathematicsComputer scienceQuantum mechanicsTelecommunications

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Year: 1995
Type: article
Volume: 85
Issue: 2
Pages: 306-322
Citations: 234
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                                    P. M. Bell, 
                                
                                    J. B. Pendry, 
                                
                                    L. Martín Moreno
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1995). 
                            A program for calculating photonic band structures and transmission coefficients of complex structures. 
                            Computer Physics Communications
                            , 85
                            (2)
                            , 306-322.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-4655(94)00131-k
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0010-4655(94)00131-k