Abstract
The propagation of light through linear materials characterized by a periodic dielectric function is well understood in terms of the optical band structure that results. Even if the underlying materials are nondispersive, wave packets suffer dispersion due to the effect of the periodicity, and there are band gaps where light cannot propagate through the material and the reflectivity rises to unity.
© 1988 Optical Society of America
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