Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 29, 133-142 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2004217

FEM modeling of finite electronically controllable PBG structures

ESYCOM, Université de Marne-la-Vallée, 5 boulevard Descartes, Champs-sur-Marne, 77454 Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2, France

Corresponding author: elodie.richalot@univ-mlv.fr

Received: 10 November 2003
Revised: 23 July 2004
Accepted: 27 August 2004
Published online: 21 December 2004

Abstract

A numerical method based on the finite-element method is developed to study active photonic bandgap materials (PBG) of finite size. After validating our method, we focus on metallic PBGs including diodes. These structures are characterized in the far-field and the near-field, and the influence of diode states and material finiteness is examined.