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Simultaneous extreme square-profile modulation of permittivity, permeability, and conductivity in photonic time crystals opens coexisting momentum and frequency bandgaps, enabling precise control over eigenmode amplification and frequency comb distributions. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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To investigate the optical dispersion and wave-matter interactions in photonic time crystals undergoing simultaneous square-profile temporal modulation of permittivity, permeability, and conductivity.

August 22, 2026Scientific ReportsOpen Access

Extreme photonic time crystals: coexisting momentum and frequency bandgaps and floquet optical response

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KAKishwar AliUniversity of L'Aquila FFFrancesco FerrantiLuleå University of Technology FFFabrizio FrezzaSapienza University of Rome

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Theoretical analysis demonstrates simultaneous momentum and frequency bandgaps in modulated photonic time crystals, indicating versatile optical control for frequency comb generation.

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To investigate the optical dispersion and wave-matter interactions in photonic time crystals undergoing simultaneous square-profile temporal modulation of permittivity, permeability, and conductivity.
Derived the photonic band structure using the Bloch-Floquet theorem and Krönig-Penney methodology based on boundary continuity conditions for electric displacement and magnetic flux.
Modeled square-wave parameter modulations spanning extended modulation strengths (-1 to 1) and evaluated wave propagation across spatially finite temporal slabs under normal and oblique plane wave incidence.
Demonstrated the simultaneous formation of momentum and frequency bandgaps enabled by concurrent conductivity, permittivity, and permeability temporal modulations.
Showed that conductivity modulation strength and temporal duty cycles directly control eigenmode amplification within momentum bandgaps and tune higher-order frequency comb amplitudes.
Characterized reflection, transmission, and polarization-dependent total absorptance across various incidence angles for finite temporal slabs.

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Ali et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895f41ca7ade938187db6f https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-62217-8

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Theoretical analysis demonstrates simultaneous momentum and frequency bandgaps in modulated photonic time crystals, indicating versatile optical control for frequency comb generation.

Extreme photonic time crystals: coexisting momentum and frequency bandgaps and floquet optical response

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Extreme photonic time crystals: coexisting momentum and frequency bandgaps and floquet optical response

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