title: Unusual transmission bands of one-dimensional photonic crystals containing single-negative materials.
abstract: Unusual transmission bands are found in one-dimensional photonic crystals composed of alternating layers of positive-index materials and single-negative (permittivity- or permeability-negative) materials. By varying the thicknesses of the positive-index material layers, the number and central frequencies of these transmission bands can be tuned. On the other hand, by varying the thicknesses of the single-negative material layers, only the bandwidths of these transmission bands will change. Furthermore, omnidirectional transmission bands for TE or TM polarization can be realized from these periodic photonic structures.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Quantum Information Technology, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China. kallenmail@sina.com
authors.forename: Yihang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001718:Birefringence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D008027:Light; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017785:Photons; D012542:Scattering, Radiation