Photonic bands in simple and body-centered-cubic cholesteric blue phases

R. M. Hornreich, S. Shtrikman, and C. Sommers
Phys. Rev. E 47, 2067 – Published 1 March 1993
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Abstract

A procedure is developed for calculating photon bands in materials characterized by tensor dielectric properties. As a specific example, the cholesteric blue phases are considered, and their respective photon bands are calculated for simple and body-centered-cubic structures. These noncentrosymmetric materials interact strongly with only one of the two possible circularly polarized radiation modes; however, no full photon gaps are found even for this mode. The reasons for this are noted. The technique presented is general and can be applied to all materials characterized by tensor dielectric properties.

  • Received 23 June 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.47.2067

©1993 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

R. M. Hornreich and S. Shtrikman

  • Department of Electronics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel

C. Sommers

  • Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université de Paris(enSud, Bâtiment 510, F-91405 Orsay CEDEX, France

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Vol. 47, Iss. 3 — March 1993

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