PHOTON BAND STRUCTURES - THE PLANE-WAVE METHOD

被引:134
作者
LEUNG, KM
LIU, YF
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY 11201
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1990年 / 41卷 / 14期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.41.10188
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Using both the plane-wave and the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method, the photon band structure is calculated within the scalar wave approximation for a fcc lattice of dielectric microspheres embedded within a uniform host medium. The plane-wave method is found to converge fairly rapidly. The optimal volume-filling fraction of spheres for the creation of a gap in the photon density of states is found to vary substantially with the relative dielectric constant r, and this gap persists for r as small as 3. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:10188 / 10190
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