Omnidirectional reflection from a one-dimensional photonic crystal.
We demonstrate that one-dimensional photonic crystal structures (such as multilayer films) can exhibit complete reflection of radiation in a given frequency range for all incident angles and polarizations. We derive a general criterion for this behavior that does not require materials with very large indices. We perform numerical studies that illustrate this effect.
Winn
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Fink
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Fan
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Joannopoulos
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