Narrow Transmittance Peaks In A Multilayered Microsphere With A Quasiperiodic Left-Handed Stack

We studied the photon spectrum in coated microspheres with alternating quasiperiodic layers having left-handed (LH) materials included. It is found that the band gap (spectral zone of nearly zero transmittancy) in such a system is strongly enhanced. At an increase of the quasiperiodicity parameter gamma, the boundaries of the spectral band gaps acquire the intended shape. When gamma exceeds the inverse golden mean value, a structure with extremely narrow separated resonant peaks with nearly complete transmittance arises. At increased gamma, such resonances migrate to the center of the band gap. This effect allows creating optical filters with extremely narrow passbands. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.