Geometrically distributed aperiodic circular photonic crystals with broad and isotropic photonic band gaps

In this paper, a new type of circular photonic crystal (CPC) with a geometrical distribution of concentric layers is presented. A broad and isotropic photonic band gap is achieved using this geometrically distributed CPC (GCPC). Also, the influence of the number of concentric layers to the overall band gap of GCPC is studied. It is demonstrated that the band gap broadens with a red shift when the number of concentric layers is increased. The reason for the red shift of the band gap is further investigated. ► GCPC has broader band gap compared to uniform CPC with the same number of layers. ► By increasing the number of concentric layers, band gap of GCPC increases. ► GCPC shows similar isotropic property with uniform CPC.