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Highly Reflective Distributed Bragg Reflectors for Planar Microcavities: From Modelling to Experimentation

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Highly reflective distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) play significant in controlling and manipulating the spontaneous emission of light in photonic and optoelectronic devices. Herein, we report a systemic study based on the complete theoretical modeling and the fabrication of highly reflective DBR comprised of 7.5 periods of repeating TiO2/SiO2 thin films. Firstly, a computational model based on the transfer matrix method was used to simulate the reflectance, transmittance, and electric field intensity distribution across the DBR structure. Subsequently, fabrication was performed via the conventional electron beam evaporation technique. Interestingly, the as-grown DBR exhibits low surface roughness ~ 0.767 nm and sharp interfaces between the neighboring TiO2 and SiO2 films manifesting the high quality of the fabrication process. Consequently, an excellent consistency was observed between the simulated and the experimental reflectance and transmittance spectra confirming the successful growth of the 7.5 pairs DBR. Moreover, the high reflectance ~ 99.0% reflectance and the large stopband width ~ 190 nm in the range 600–800 nm indicates the superior performance of the as-fabricated DBRs and were therefore utilized to develop a highly reflective monolithic and a Tamm plasmon planar microcavities.

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This study was supported by the research fund of University of Ulsan (Grant #: 2022-0457).

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    Zeeshan Tahir, Mamoon Ur Rashid, Sungdo Kim, Hong Nhan Tran, Shinuk Cho & Yong Soo Kim

  2. Measurement and Analysis Division, National Nanofab Center, Daejeon, 34141, South Korea

    Yun Chang Park

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Tahir, Z., Rashid, M.U., Kim, S. et al. Highly Reflective Distributed Bragg Reflectors for Planar Microcavities: From Modelling to Experimentation. Trans. Electr. Electron. Mater. 25, 32–39 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42341-023-00483-3

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