Abstract By means of the theory of electromagnetic wave propagation and transfer matrix method, this paper investigates the band rules for the frequency spectra of three kinds of one-dimensional (1D) aperiodic photonic crystals (PCs), generalized Fibonacci GF(p,1), GF(1,2), and Thue--Morse (TM) PCs, with negative refractive index (NRI) materials. It is found that all of these PCs can open a broad zero-$\bar{n}$ gap, TM PC possesses the largest zero-$\bar{n}$ gap, and with the increase of p, the width of the zero-$\bar{n}$ gap for GF(p,1) PC becomes smaller. This characteristic is caused by the symmetry of the system and the open position of the zero-$\bar{n}$ gap. It is found that for GF(p,1) PCs, the possible limit zero-$\bar{n}$ gaps open at lower frequencies with the increase of p, but for GF(1,2) and TM PCs, their limit zero-$\bar{n}$ gaps open at the same frequency. Additionally, for the three bottom-bands, we find the interesting perfect self-similarities of the evolution structures with the increase of generation, and obtain the corresponding subband-number formulae. Based on 11 types of evolving manners $Q_i$($i$ = 1, 2, ...., 11) one can plot out the detailed evolution structures of the three kinds of aperiodic PCs for any generation.
Received: 03 April 2009
Revised: 27 April 2009
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Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No
10974061) and the Program
for Innovative Research Team of the Higher Education of Guangdong
Province of China (Grant No 06CXTD005).
Cite this article:
Quan Xiao-Lin(全小林) and Yang Xiang-Bo(杨湘波) Band rules for the frequency spectra of three kinds of aperiodic photonic crystals with negative refractive index materials 2009 Chin. Phys. B 18 5313
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