https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2014-50096-4
Regular Article
Influence of oxidation on the photonic spectrum of a ternary comb-like silicon photonic crystal: intrinsic modes, reflection windows and intrinsic contrastivity
Semiconductor Photonic Structures Departement, Institute of
Semiconductor Physics of the NAS of Ukraine, 45 Nauki Prosp., 03028
Kiev,
Ukraine
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e-mail: eugene.glushko@scientist.com
Received: 1 February 2014
Received in final form: 29 April 2014
Published online: 25 September 2014
The optical properties of a ternary A/B/A/C N-periodic structure was investigated analytically and numerically in the framework of transfer matrix formalism. The influence of oxidation on the photonic gaps and positions of reflection windows for the (SiO2/Si/SiO2/air)N structure was calculated, taking into account the transformation of silicon oxide layers widths. It was shown that intrinsic optical contrastivity has a non-monotonic behavior during the oxidation process of silicon for both p-polarisation and s-polarisation of light. The obtained results allow one to determine the optimal oxidation regimes to achieve the required properties of a photonic device.
Key words: Optical Phenomena and Photonics
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