Vol 43, No 6 (2016)

The systematic features in the reflectance spectra of broadband optical radiation from the surface of one-dimensional photonic crystals based on mesoporous structures are presented. The dispersion dependence for electromagnetic waves in the mesoporous one-dimensional photonic crystal is established. On its basis, reflectance and transmittance spectra are calculated for particular structures, and the microscopic parameters of the samples under study are determined. The developed theory is used to explain the shape of reflectance spectra in mesoporous photonic crystals based on silicon, quartz, and aluminum oxide.

The similarity and difference between the Fresnel problem, i.e., the problem of electromagnetic wave reflection and refraction, including that at the Brewster angle, and the problem of surface electromagnetic wave (SEW) excitation on a plane surface of a conducting medium is studied.

The recent results of molecular-dynamics simulation of nanosecond vaporization of a thin liquid film are analyzed within the continual approach. The analysis shows a significant increase in the thermal conductivity at the film temperature maximum before its explosive decomposition, which indicates the closeness of the achievable limiting overheating temperature to the spinodal.