Spatial and frequency domain effects of defects in 1D photonic crystal

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the analysis of influence of defects in 1D photonic crystal (PC) on the density of states and simultaneously spontaneous emission, in both spatial and frequency domains. In our investigations we use an analytic model of 1D PC with defects. Our analysis reveals how presence of a defect causes a defect mode to appear. We show that a defect in 1D PC has local character, being negligible in regions of PC situated far from the defected elementary cell. We also analyze the effect of multiple defects, which lead to photonic band gap splitting.Comment: presented at International Workshop on Physics of Photonic Crystals and Metamaterials, Brussels, Belgium, 12-13.06.200

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