Omnidirectional photonic band gap based on nonlinear periodic and quasi-periodic photonic crystals

Abstract

In this paper, we report the effect of the nonlinearity independently of the incident angle $\theta _{0}$ on the reflection properties of 1D periodic and quasi-periodic photonic crystals of type H(LH)${}^{15\ }$and “F${}_{6}$F${}_{6}$F${}_{4}$”, respectively. Which is composed of linear (H layers) and nonlinear (L layers) materials. The linear and nonlinear reflection spectra for both TE and TM polarizations are graphically illustrated using a numerical approach based on the Transfer Matrix Method (TMM). It is shown that the position and the width of the PBG can be controlled by the variation of the electric field intensity (Kerr effect), independently of $\theta _{0}$. Those systems exhibit an Omnidirectional Photonic Band Gap OPBG for any polarization for a common limit $\theta _{0} \in \left[ 0,64{}^\circ \right]$. The most suitable system to have a larger OPBG is the system “F${}_{6}$F${}_{6}$F${}_{4}$” using ZnSe as H layers and Poly-9BCMU as L layers. Our nonlinear models are suitable to be used as good reflectors as well in designing nonlinear optical devices as optical limiting and all-optical switching.