Parallel finite-difference time-domain modeling of an opal photonic crystal

authored by

Alessandro Vaccari, Luca Cristoforetti, Antonino Calà Lesina, Lora Ramunno, Andrea Chiappini, Francesco Prudenzano, Alessandro Bozzoli, Lucia Calliari

Abstract

This work describes a computational approach for the optical characterization of an opal photonic crystal (PC). We intend, in particular, to validate our approach by comparing the transmittance of a crystal model, as obtained by numerical simulation, with the transmittance of the same crystal, as measured over 400-to 700-nm wavelength range. We consider an opal PC with a face-centered cubic lattice structure of spherical particles made of polystyrene (a nonabsorptive material with constant relative dielectric permittivity). Light-crystal interaction is simulated by numerically solving Maxwell's equations via the finite-difference time-domain method and by using the Kirchhoff formula to calculate the far field. A method to study the propagating Bloch modes inside the crystal bulk is also sketched.

External Organisation(s)

Fondazione Bruno Kessler
University of Ottawa
National Research Council Italy (CNR)
Politecnico di Bari
Provincia Autonoma di Trento

Type

Article

Journal

Optical engineering

Volume

53

ISSN

0091-3286

Publication date

18.02.2014

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Engineering(all)

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1117/1.oe.53.7.071809 (Access: Closed)