Band gaps in periodically magnetized homogeneous anisotropic media
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2010
Abstract
In [A. M. Merzlikin, A. P. Vinogradov, A. V. Dorofeenko, M. Inoue, M. Levy, A. B. Granovsky, Physica B 394 (2007) 277] it is shown that in anisotropic magnetophotonic crystal made of anisotropic dielectric layers and isotropic magneto-optical layers the magnetization leads to formation of additional band gaps (BG) inside the Brillouin zones. Due to the weakness of the magneto-optical effects the width of these BG is much smaller than that of usual BG forming on the boundaries of Brillouin zones. In the present communication we show that though the anisotropy suppresses magneto-optical effects. An anisotropic magnetophotonic crystal made of anisotropic dielectric layers and anisotropic magneto-optical; the width of additional BG may be much greater than the width of the usual Brillouin BG. Anisotropy tends to suppress Brillouin zone boundary band gap formation because the anisotropy suppresses magneto-optical properties, while degenerate band gap formation occurs around points of effective isotropy and is not suppressed. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Publication Title
Optics Communications
Recommended Citation
Merzlikin, A.,
Levy, M.,
Vinogradov, A.,
Wu, Z.,
&
Jalali, A.
(2010).
Band gaps in periodically magnetized homogeneous anisotropic media.
Optics Communications,
283(21), 4298-4302.
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2010.05.068
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