© Copyright by International OCSCO World Press. All rights reserved. 2013 Research paper 229 VOLUME 61 ISSUE 2 December 2013 of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering Transmission and photonic band gaps in Fibonacci superlattices J. Garus a, *, S. Garus a , K. Błoch a , M. Szota b , M. Nabiałek a , K. Szlązak c a Institute of Physics, Technical University of Częstochowa, ul. Armii Krajowej 19, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland b Institute of Materials Engineering, Technical University of Częstochowa, ul. Armii Krajowej 19, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland c Department of Materials Design, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Wołowska 141, Warszawa * Corresponding e-mail address: gari.sg@gmail.com Received 12.10.2013; published in revised form 01.12.2013 Properties ABSTRACT Purpose: The purpose of the article was to broaden the knowledge about the behavior of Fibonacci superlattices as filters electromagnetic waves. Design/methodology/approach: Simulations of multi-layer systems is usually carried out by using two complementary methods. The first, matrix method which allows the study of the properties of structures using transmission maps and the second method used is the Finite-Difference Time Domain (FDTD) algorithm allows on the study of electromagnetic wave propagation in the structure. Findings: It can be seen that the lighting of the filter with monochromatic light in the wavelength range of the band gap filter at the output causes propagation of low intensity in the range other than the wavelength of the incident beam. Research limitations/implications: The simulation was not considered the impact of losses in the material. Practical implications: Present clear differences depending on the polarization allow the use of superlattices as polarizers for specific ranges of wavelengths and angles of incidence. Originality/value: Fibonacci superlattices have been pre-tested in. The purpose of the article was to broaden the knowledge about the behavior of these structures as filters electromagnetic waves with a wavelength range from the near infrared, the effect of the material surrounding the transmission and increasing knowledge of the formation of band gaps. Keywords: Transmission; Multilayers; Superlattices; Aperiodic; LHM; RHM Reference to this paper should be given in the following way: J. Garus, S. Garus, K. Błoch, M. Szota, M. Nabiałek, K. Szlązak, Transmission and photonic band gaps in Fibonacci superlattices, Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering 61/2 (2013) 229-235. 1. Introduction Quasiperiodic multilayer systems because of their unique properties are used as filters of electromagnetic radiation and as photonic materials are intensively studied in many research centers all over the world [1-5]. There exists a phenomenon of the photonic band gap, and therefore electromagnetic waves of certain wavelengths do not propagate in the materials. The size and the occurrence of band gaps is strongly correlated with the 1. Introduction