Elliptical-rod geometries enhance photonic band gaps in disordered stealthy hyperuniform photonic crystals

TL;DR

This study shows that elliptical dielectric rods arranged in stealthy hyperuniform patterns can significantly enhance photonic band gaps, surpassing traditional periodic structures, by optimizing rod orientation and aspect ratio.

Contribution

It introduces the use of elliptical rods in hyperuniform photonic crystals and demonstrates their superior band gap properties compared to cylindrical rods.

Findings

Elliptical rods can produce larger photonic band gaps than cylindrical rods.

Optimizing rod orientation and aspect ratio enhances band gap size.

Disordered hyperuniform arrangements outperform periodic lattices in band gap formation.

Abstract

We study two-dimensional photonic crystals composed of elliptical dielectric rods arranged according to stealthy hyperuniform point patterns. These patterns are characterized by the structure factor, which vanishes for 0 < |k| <= K, where k is the wave number and K denotes the cutoff wave number specifying the stealthiness of the pattern. The optical properties of the photonic crystals are analyzed by applying the plane-wave expansion method to Maxwell's equations. We demonstrate that photonic crystals composed of elliptical dielectric rods can exhibit larger photonic band gaps than those with cylindrical rods when both the rod orientation and aspect ratio are properly optimized. This behavior contrasts with that of periodic lattices such as triangular or square arrays. These findings shed light on the crucial role of structural anisotropy and aperiodic structure in enhancing photonic band-gap formation.