Antireflection film in one-dimensional metallo-dielectric photonic crystals

Abstract

We calculated the transmittance of a one-dimensional (1D) metallo-dielectric photonic crystal (MDPC) in the optical region including the absorption losses in metal layers. The structure consists of five Ag and four GaN layers stacked alternately. When we add an antireflection coating to each end of the stack, the transmittance of the MDPC is increased twice as much and the oscillations in the transmission spectrum are also smoothed out compared with the case without them. The transmittance for oblique incident angles is also increased by the addition of two antireflection layers at the ends of the ID MDPC. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.