Throughout human history, the control of light, electricity and heat has evolved to become
the cornerstone of various innovations and developments in electrical and electromagnetic …

Colloidal photonic crystals (CPCs) are universal ordered structures widely used in
chemistry, physics, materials science, nanotechnology, and other fields of science and …

A theoretical analysis of the properties of the defect modes in a one-dimensional defective
photonic crystal (PC) is given. Two defective PCs stacked in symmetric and asymmetric …

Additive manufacturing has enabled the construction of increasingly complex mechanical
structures. However, the variability of mechanical properties may be higher than that of …

Recently, tunable photonic crystals (PhCs) have received great research interest, thanks to
the wide range of applications in which they can be employed, such as light emission and …

A method to enlarge the omnidirectional photonic bandgaps (PBGs) has been presented in
the one-dimensional photonic crystals by sandwiching a superconductor layer between two …

Using electro-optical defect layer, lithium niobate (LiNbO3), in a one-dimensional quarter-
wave photonic crystal, a theoretical analysis of the tunable resonance in near infrared region …

Vibration can also be modeled as waves propagating in an elastic waveguide. Phononic
crystals are periodic waveguides that may present Bragg scattering band gaps, frequency …

A novel method is presented for determining the dimensional parameters of one-
dimensional (1-D) photonic crystals (PCs) with specified bandgap characteristics …

The enhancement of the photonic band gap in visible region for a disordered one-
dimensional dielectric-dielectric photonic crystal (DDPC) is theoretically investigated. The …