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Abstract

Properties of wave transmission in a photonic quantum well (PQW) structure containing superconducting materials are theoretically investigated. We consider two possible PQW structures, (AB)^P(CD)^Q(AB)^P-asymmetric and (AB)^P(CD)^Q(BA)^P-symmetric, where the host photonic crystal (PC) (AB)^P is made of dielectrics, A = SrTiO₃, B = Al₂O₃, and the PQW (CD)^Q contains C = A and superconducting layer D = YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x, a typical high-temperature superconducting thin film. Multiple transmission peaks can be seen within the photonic band gap (PBG) of (AB)^P and the number of peaks is directly determined by the stack number of PQW, i.e., it equals Q-1. Additionally, the results show that symmetric PQW structure is preferable to the design of a multichannel transmission filter. The effect of stack number of photonic barrier is also illustrated. Such a filter operating at terahertz with feature of multiple channels is of technical use in superconducting optoelectronic applications.

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Dr. Tsung-Wen Chang

Dr. Jia-Wei Liu

Professor Tzong-Jer Yang

Prof. Chien-Jang Wu