Optical extinction due to intrinsic structural variations of photonic crystals

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dc.creatorKoenderink, A. Femius
dc.creatorLagendijk, Ad
dc.creatorVos, Willem L.
dc.date2004-06-11
dc.date2005-07-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:26:48Z
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dc.descriptionUnavoidable variations in size and position of the building blocks of photonic crystals cause light scattering and extinction of coherent beams. We present a new model for both 2 and 3-dimensional photonic crystals that relates the extinction length to the magnitude of the variations. The predicted lengths agree well with our new experiments on high-quality opals and inverse opals, and with literature data analyzed by us. As a result, control over photons is limited to distances up to 50 lattice parameters ($\sim 15 μ$m) in state-of-the-art structures, thereby impeding large-scale applications such as integrated circuits. Conversely, scattering in photonic crystals may lead to novel physics such as Anderson localization and non-classical diffusion.
dc.description10 pages, 3 figures. Changes include: added Lagendijk as author; simplified and generalized the text
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0406052
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0406052
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. B 72, 153102 (2005) (4 pages)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.72.153102
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/97221
dc.subjectOptics
dc.titleOptical extinction due to intrinsic structural variations of photonic crystals
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