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The slow light in the closed-packed face-centered cubic photonic crystal: characteristics and application design

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Using the plane wave expansion method, we calculated the energy band distribution of face-centered cubic (FCC) photonic crystals in the reciprocal lattice space. The influences of various dielectric constant materials on the properties of slow light are discussed. The results show that, in the close-packed hollow spherical FCC photonic crystal, the group velocity of light can be slow down to the velocity about \(10^{-4}c\). And the slow light effect tends to occur more strongly in the hollow spherical structure in comparison with the dielectric spherical structure. The possible applications of the slow light effect in the 3D photonic crystal are proposed for solar cells and optical communication devices.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60907021), and the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 11JCYBJC00300).

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    Meng-Zhen Li, Lan Li, Xiao-Song Zhang & Jian-Ping Xu

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Li, MZ., Li, L., Zhang, XS. et al. The slow light in the closed-packed face-centered cubic photonic crystal: characteristics and application design. Opt Quant Electron 45, 1107–1113 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-013-9727-8

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