Tunable band gap in a photonic crystal modulated by a nematic liquid crystal

被引：56

作者：

Liu, CY ^{[1
]}

Chen, LW ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Tainan 70101, Taiwan

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2005年 / 72卷 / 04期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.72.045133

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Photonic crystals (PCs) have many potential applications because of their ability to control light-wave propagation. We have investigated the tunable band gap in a photonic crystal modulated by a nematic liquid crystal. Numerical simulations show that the band gaps can be continuously tuned in two-dimensional square and triangular lattices of cylinders by infiltrating nematic liquid crystals. Then we can control the band gap in a PC structure. We also analyzed the gap maps of tunable band gap by considering various indices modulation of liquid crystals. These results can be used as tunable field-sensitive polarizer in photonic integrated circuits.

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