Photonic stop bands in nanoporous anodic

aluminum oxide-based structures

Ivan Maksymov*, Josep Ferré-Borrull†, Josep Pallarès†, Lluis F. Marsal†
*Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics, 14 Lenina Ave., 61166, Kharkov, Ukraine
†NePhoS, Nano-electronic and Photonic Systems, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av. Paisos Catalans 26, 43007, Tarragona, Spain

Introduction Results
Non-Periodic Strcutures with Photonic Properties. Average of 20 T spectra for diffferent positions on the samples

• Photonic Quasi-Crystals  Wider Band Gaps/N-fold rotation symmetry TE Polarization TM Polarization

• Random Nanostructures  Anderson Localization/Random Lasers

3.8 µm × 3.8 µm
Photonic properties of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina structures Pseudo-Gap
T<0.11
10 µm 500 nm

ωa/2πc
0.41  0.43

5.1 µm × 5.1 µm ωa/2πc

0.41  0.44
ΓM
6.3 µm × 6.3 µm

ΓK

Photonic Band Gap

Δωa/2πc=0.023
ωa/2πc
Al2O3, n=1.64 0.40  0.44
Air, n=1

Methods
7.6 µm × 7.6 µm

FDTD for transmittance calculation in portions of the structure ωa/2πc

0.41  0.46
PML

Pseudo-gap width as a function of the computation domain size

Source Detector

Transmittance calculation for increasing size of the portion

Conclusions
3.8 µm × 3.8 µm
• Transmission simulations show the existence of a
pseudo-gap for TE polarization.
• The gap width increases for increasing size of the
considered portion of alumina structure.
5.1 µm × 5.1 µm
• The minimum value of transmission decreases with the
portion size.
• For the TM polarization a frequency range with low
transmission corresponding to a low density of states is
6.3 µm × 6.3 µm observed.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science under the projects TEC2009-09551,
HOPE CSD2007-00007 (Consolider-Ingenio 2010), and AECID A/016246/08.
7.6 µm × 7.6 µm