Low-contrast bandgaps of a planar parabolic spiral lattice

We show that a planar aperiodic lattice, mimicking the appearance of a sunflower, supports photonic bandgaps for weak dielectric contrast. The pattern's high orientational order and spatially uniform modal pitch yields an isotropic Fourier space. A 2D structure of cylinders (ε=2) in air possess...

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Main Authors: Pollard, M.E (Author), Parker, G.J (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2009-09-10.
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