Plasma photonic crystals numerical and filter characteristics analysis based on symplectic algorithm

From the Maxwell equation, the method of symplectic finite-difference time-domain is applied in analyzing one-dimensional plasma photonic crystal. The propagation process of electromagnetic pulse in one-dimensional vacuum plasma photonic crystal structure is simulated by symplectic algorithm discrete in 2nd order time 2nd order space (T2S2), and 2nd order time 4th order space (T2S4) respectively. Then, from the perspective of frequency domain, the reflection coefficient of the plasma–vacuum photonic crystals is analyzed. The results show that the symplectic finite-difference time-domain method is accuracy and correctness. In the end, the filter characteristics of the plasma photonic crystals (PPCs) are analyzed in different thickness of plasma.