Investigation on the extraordinary mode in the 3D magnetized plasma photonic crystals containing the function dielectric with woodpile lattices.

Abstract In this paper, the characteristics of the extraordinary mode in the 3D magnetized plasma photonic crystals containing the function dielectric with woodpile lattices are investigated in theory. Such photonic crystals are called the function dielectric magnetized plasma photonic crystals (FMPPCs), and only the magneto-optical Voigt effect of the magnetized plasma is considered. The configuration of such a FMPPC is that the function dielectric square columns are embedded into the magnetized plasma. The permittivity of the function dielectric is space-depended. The results which are calculated by the plane wave expansion method illustrate that a narrower photonic band gap can be achieved in the proposed FMPPCs compared with the conventional 3D woodpile PCs, which only contain the plasma or function dielectric. The studies also show that the better performance can be realized by optimizing the parameters of FMPPCs, and give us another alternative way to realize the reconfigurable applications with the 3D FMPPCs. Highlights • The features of extraordinary mode in 3D FMPPCs is investigated. • The formulas of PWE method are derived. • Compared to the PPCs and PCs, the narrower PBG can be obtained. • The PBG can be tuned by I , b , R, ω c and ω p. • The FBRs can be tailored by ω c and ω p. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]