Double-negative multilayer containing an extrinsic random layer thickness magnetized cold plasma photonic quantum-well defect

Theoretically, the transmission properties of a symmetric double-negative metamaterial one-dimensional photonic crystal containing an extrinsic random layer thickness magnetized cold plasma photonic quantum-well defect structure have been investigated. From the numerical results performed by characteristics matrix method, it is found that, such type of structure possesses a transmission peak within the zero-n¯ gap. To design a tunable microwave filter, the effects of many parameters such as randomness of layer thickness of the multilayer defect in terms of standard deviation (σ), strength of external magnetic field (B) and electron density of magnetized cold plasma (ne) on transmission peak is discussed. Our findings show that the histogram for the central frequency of the transmission peaks becomes wider with respect to smaller values of σ. In addition, in the case of B, our investigations also reveal that the histogram shifts to the higher frequency range and vice versa while considering the case of ne. These findings help to design a tunable filter for different microwave applications.