Influence of structural parameters on tunable photonic band gaps modulated by liquid crystals

Aiqin Huang; Jihong Zheng; Yanmeng Jiang; Zengjun Zhou; Pingyu Tang; Songlin Zhuang

doi:10.1117/12.896395

7 September 2011 Influence of structural parameters on tunable photonic band gaps modulated by liquid crystals

Aiqin Huang, Jihong Zheng, Yanmeng Jiang, Zengjun Zhou, Pingyu Tang, Songlin Zhuang

Proceedings Volume 8120, Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in Device Applications V; 81201N (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896395
Event: SPIE Photonic Devices + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Tunable photonic crystals (PCs), which are infiltrated with nematic liquid crystals (LCs), tune photonic band gap (PBG) by rotating directors of LCs when applied with the external electrical field. Using the plane wave expansion method, we simulated the PBG structure of two-dimensional tunable PCs with a triangular lattice of circular column, square column and hexagon column, respectively. When PCs are composed of LCs and different substrate materials such as germanium (Ge) and silicon (Si), the influence of structural parameters including column shape and packing ration on PBG is discussed separately. Numerical simulations show that absolute PBG can't be found at any conditions, however large tuning range of polarized wave can be achieved by rotating directors of LCs. The simulation results provide theoretical guidance for the fabrication of field-sensitive polarizer with big tunable band range.

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Aiqin Huang, Jihong Zheng, Yanmeng Jiang, Zengjun Zhou, Pingyu Tang, and Songlin Zhuang "Influence of structural parameters on tunable photonic band gaps modulated by liquid crystals", Proc. SPIE 8120, Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in Device Applications V, 81201N (7 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896395

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