title: Effect of eigenmodes on the optical transmission through one-dimensional random media.
abstract: Using the transfer matrix method as well as numerical solutions to the one-dimensional wave equation derived from the Maxwell equations, we study the transition from a photonic crystal with a finite size to a random dielectric medium. We examine the validity of the Kronig-Penney model for a finite size crystal and analyze the spatial structure of the eigenmodes as the crystal is made more irregular.
authors.affiliation: Intense Laser Physics Theory Unit and Department of Physics, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4560, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grobe