Abstract—The optical properties of electromagnetic (EM)waves propagating in one-dimensional plasma dielectric photonic crystal made of alternate thin layers of two materials namely micro plasma layer and dielectric material layer is studied theoretically. The dispersions both for ω < ωp and ω >ωp are deduced by transfer matrix method and the photonic band gap structure and the reflection spectra are computed. The results show that the band gap structure and reflection spectra are tuned correspondingly due to the dielectric constant of the microplasma layer modified differently indifferent frequency ranges. Parameter dependence of the effects is calculated and discussed.

Index Terms—plasma; dispersion; photonic band structure; reflection spectra

Bin Guo is with the Department of Physical Science and Technology Wuhan University of Technolog.
 

Cite: Bin Guo and Mingxiang Gao, "Optical Properties of One-Dimensional Binary Plasma Dielectric Photonic Crystal," International Journal of Applied Physics and Mathematics vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-4, 2011.