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Method for retrieving the refractive index of ordered particles from data on the photonic band gap

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A method for retrieving the refractive index of spherical particles arranged into ordered structures is proposed. It is based on the solution of the inverse problem using data on the photonic band gap. The solution has been obtained within the quasi-crystalline approximation of the multiple wave scattering theory and the transfer-matrix method. Quantitative results are presented for systems of silicon oxide particles. The effective refractive indices of synthetic opal particles have been found from the available experimental data on the spectral position of the photonic band gap. The described technique is applicable for retrieving not only the refractive index of particles but also other characteristics of ordered particulate structures from the coherent transmittance spectra.

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Miskevich, V.A. Loiko, 2014, published in Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2014, Vol. 146, No. 2, pp. 246–264.

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Miskevich, A.A., Loiko, V.A. Method for retrieving the refractive index of ordered particles from data on the photonic band gap. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 119, 211–226 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377611408010X

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