Open AccessTransverse wave propagation in photonic crystal based on holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystal
Author(s) -
Andy Ying–Guey Fuh,
Ming Shian Li,
ShuChen Wu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.19.013428
Subject(s) - optics , materials science , photonic crystal , holography , tetragonal crystal system , transverse plane , liquid crystal , reciprocal lattice , wave propagation , physics , diffraction , phase (matter) , structural engineering , engineering , quantum mechanics
This study investigates the transversely propagating waves in a body-centered tetragonal photonic crystal based on a holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystal film. Rotating the film reveals three different transverse propagating waves. Degeneracy of optical Bloch waves from reciprocal lattice vectors explains their symmetrical distribution.