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In this article, the reflection properties in one-dimensional dielectric-dielectric photonic band gap (PBG) structure have been studied. We have used SiO2 as material of low refractive index and Te as a high refractive index material. Reflectivity of proposed PBG structure is plotted as a function of wavelength and angle of incidence and omni-directional PBGs are computed theoretically. To obtain reflectance, we used transfer matrix method for solving Maxwell’s equations for electromagnetic wave in PBG structures. For a large range of frequency, the PBG structure is found to exhibit omni-directional reflection which can be exploited in devices such as optical resonators, mirrors, etc.
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Kumar, V., Singh, K.S. & Ojha, S.P. One dimensional photonic band gap material as an omnidirectional reflector. Indian J Phys 85, 1811–1816 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-011-0204-6
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