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One-Dimensional Metallo-Superconductor Photonic Crystals as a Smart Window

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A new structure to control the electromagnetic waves has been successfully designed for smart windows applications. The present photonic crystals (PCs) smart window is designed from a unit cell of two different materials such as A (metal) and B (superconductor) of thicknesses that repeated for N periods. The numerical results are investigated based on the characteristic matrix method. It was found that the angle of incidence has a significant effect on the transmission values. At 10o angle of incidence, we found more than 80% of the visible light and a near IR is transmitted whereas at 60o angle of incidence, the photonic band gap (PBG) begins to appear at wavelengths greater than 800 nm and the visible light transmittance remains more than 80%. Also, the dependence of the transmittance values on the periodicity and thickness of the proposed design was investigated. The proposed structure could be of potential use as a smart window in low-temperature applications and space industry.

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  1. TH-PPM Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

    Arafa H. Aly & Hussein A. Elsayed

  2. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, 82524, Egypt

    Ayman A. Ameen & S. H. Mohamed

  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Ontario University, London, Canada

    Mahi R. Singh

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Aly, A.H., Ameen, A.A., Elsayed, H.A. et al. One-Dimensional Metallo-Superconductor Photonic Crystals as a Smart Window. J Supercond Nov Magn 32, 2313–2318 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-018-4978-z

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