[OPTICAL REVIEW Vol. 15, No. 5 (2008) 255-258]
© 2008 The Optical Society of Japan

Optical Properties of a Periodic One-Dimensional Semiconductor-Organic Photonic Crystal in UV Region

Suihu DANG

Department of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering of Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408003, People's Republic of China

(Received April 1, 2008; Accepted July 10, 2008; Revised January 0, 1900)

Optical properties of a one-dimensional semiconductor-organic photonic crystal with periodic AlN/3-octylthiophenes (P3OT) multilayer structure are exhibited and confirmed by a calculation of the transfer matrix method (TMM). An AlN/P3OT multilayer structure displays incomplete photonic band gap behavior in the UV region. The AlN/P3OT multilayers with four pairs of 35-nm-AlN and 35-nm-P3OT layers exhibit a high reflectivity of 89% and less absorption of 10% at a wavelength of about 300 nm. These results demonstrate the AlN/P3OT multilayer structure could be a good candidate for absolute inhibition of reflection in the ultraviolet region for a given orientation.

Key words: photonic band gap, 1D photonic crystals, TMM method, conjugated polymer

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