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Using Microwave and Macroscopic Samples of Dielectric Solids to Study the Photonic Properties of Disordered Photonic Bandgap Materials
Published on: September 26, 2014
Temperature dependent complex photonic band structures in two-dimensional photonic crystals composed of
Chuan Cheng1, Can Xu, Tao Zhou
1Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Gansu 73000, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Complex photonic band structures in two-dimensional photonic crystals composed of high-temperature superconductors (HTSCs) for the case of E-polarization are calculated as a function of temperature below T(c), where T(c) is the critical temperature of the HTSC. The calculations are based on a temperature dependent complex dielectric function, which includes contributions of both superconducting electrons (SCEs) and normal conducting electrons (NCEs), and a frequency dependent plane wave expansion method. Both temperature independent and temperature dependent damping term in the dielectric function are considered to calculate dispersion relations and the lifetime of the eigenmodes. The results are compared with those obtained by existing calculation methods, which neglect the contribution of NCEs. Our results correspond quite well with those obtained by the existing method in the low-temperature range 0
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