E-Wave Interaction with the One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal with Weak Conductive and Transparent Materials
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Journal: Coatings
Manuscript ID: coatings 2279407
Manuscript Type: Research Article
Manuscript Title: Features of E-wave Interaction with the Layers from Weak Conducting
and Transparent Matters
Comments:
1. Title: Is “E-wave” referring to “electromagnetic wave”? If yes, it would be preferable to mention “electromagnetic wave” instead of “E-wave”.
2. Introduction: What is the novelty of this study?
3. Introduction: How do the outcomes of this study contributed to the practical applications of optoelectronic devices and semiconductor devices?
4. The background of this work presented in this manuscript is too brief. I would suggest the authors to bring in in-depth literature review to bridge the research gap between previous research and this work.
5. The references used in this work seems very old. There was only one literature reference dated 2021 being cited. I would like to suggest more recent and relevant works should be cited to close or to bridge the research gap between previous research and this work.
6. Results: Why graphite is being used as a benchmark for weak conductor? Any basis for this adoption?
7. The thinnest layer discussed in this study was 50 nm. How about lower than this value? In my opinion, thinner than this value would be more critical in the development of future technology, especially in the optoelectronic and semiconductor device industry.
8. English problem: I suggest the authors to check the English language by native English speakers. There are a few English grammar mistakes spotted. For example, in the conclusion part, "We have studied numerically an influence of…” should be “We have studied numerically the influence of…” etc.
In general, the authors have attempted to study the influence of the electromagnetic waves interaction with the structure consisting of alternating thin flat layers of weak conducting and transparent matters by selecting specific materials, i.e. graphite and quartz, respectively. However, justification of using both materials in this study was unknown. Therefore, the authors are required to make substantial improvement for this manuscript according to the points given above.
Author Response
Many thanks to every reviewer. As we see every remark is targeted to improvement of our publication. All the remarks relate to five main groups: 1. Experimental confirmation ; 2. Task formulation ; 3. Applications ; 4. Literature reviewe and recent publications ; 5. Figures or figure capture and/or English improvement.
The authors did their best to satisfy all the remarks. They and our answers are collected in the Table of corrections in the file enclosed.
The revisions are dispersed in the text. Therefore we do not indicate every line revised, only parts of our paper.
Looking forward for publication. Anyway we are ready to ccoperation and further revision if necessary.
Victor Belyaev
Author Response File: 
Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report
see the attachment
Comments for author File: Comments.pdf
Author Response
Many thanks to every reviewer. As we see every remark is targeted to improvement of our publication. All the remarks relate to five main groups: 1. Experimental confirmation ; 2. Task formulation ; 3. Applications ; 4. Literature reviewe and recent publications ; 5. Figures or figure capture and/or English improvement.
The authors did their best to satisfy all the remarks. They and our answers are collected in the Table of corrections in the file enclosed.
The revisions are dispersed in the text. Therefore we do not indicate every line revised, only parts of our paper.
Looking forward for publication. Anyway we are ready to ccoperation and further revision if necessary.
Victor Belyaev
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 3 Report
Review of the manuscript entitled ‘Features of E-wave Interaction with the Layers from Weak Conducting and Transparent Matters’
The manuscript investigates numerically the influence of the kinetic and quantum wave properties of the conduction electrons of the flat layered structures made of the weak conductor and transparent dielectric, on the interaction of the electromagnetic E-wave with these structures.
The study is interesting and deserves to be published. Authors should describe in the conclusion how the results can be experimentally tested.
Author Response
Many thanks to every reviewer. As we see every remark is targeted to improvement of our publication. All the remarks relate to five main groups: 1. Experimental confirmation ; 2. Task formulation ; 3. Applications ; 4. Literature reviewe and recent publications ; 5. Figures or figure capture and/or English improvement.
The authors did their best to satisfy all the remarks. They and our answers are collected in the Table of corrections in the file enclosed.
The revisions are dispersed in the text. Therefore we do not indicate every line revised, only parts of our paper.
Looking forward for publication. Anyway we are ready to ccoperation and further revision if necessary.
Victor Belyaev
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 4 Report
The author proposed a multi-layer weak conductor and transparent dielectric to demonstrate the electromagnetic E-wave interaction. The theoretical analysis of reflectance (R), transmittance (T), and absorptance (A) of multi-layer weak conductor and transparent dielectric are present clearly. However, the manuscript includes a numerical analysis but lacks experimental data, leading to doubts about the reliability of the numerical results. Therefore, I recommend that the manuscript be accepted after undergoing major revisions. My comments are detailed below:
1. The structure proposed in this work is similar to the 1D photonic crystal structure. Therefore, the author should briefly explain the 1D photonic crystal structure in the introduction section.
2. Why is the scale of relative frequency ω/ωp in Figures 2,3, 4, and 5 inconsistent? The author should put the Figures in a consistent range. In addition, the captions of each Figure are uneasily to understand, such as “1 – d1 = 80 nm”, “2 – d1 = 40 nm”, “1 – N = 6”, “2 – N = 1”, and soon. The author should put the legend of the curve into the Graph.
3. This work demonstrates the point of view of numerical-based. However, the validity of the numerical results is quite doubtful if no experimental results are presented. How did the author overcome this comment? The author should put some reason or discussion in the last section.
4. Similar works of weak conductivity-dielectric layers based on one-dimensional photonic crystal structures have been published, such as unable terahertz-mirror and multi-channel terahertz-filter based on one-dimensional photonic crystals containing semiconductors [Journal of Applied Physics 110, no. 7 (2011): 073111]; Strain-tunable one-dimensional photonic crystals based on zirconium dioxide/slide-ring elastomer nanocomposites for mechanochromic sensing. [ACS applied materials & interfaces 7, no. 6 (2015): 3641-3646]; Thermally tunable and omnidirectional terahertz photonic bandgap in the one-dimensional photonic crystals containing semiconductor InSb [Journal of Applied Physics 109, no. 5 (2011): 053104]. What is the novelty of this work apart from investigating the interaction of the electromagnetic E-wave to the weak conductivity-dielectric layers based on one-dimensional photonic crystal structures? Could the author put the author’s aims in the introduction section?
5. The nearfield distribution of weak conductivity-dielectric layers based on one-dimensional photonic crystal structures should be present in this work with various parameter of N,d1,d2, or temperature (T) to improve the discussion section.
6. To help the readers have a more comprehensive understanding of the new research on photonic crystal structures, I suggest supplementing some latest works about functionality-switchable devices based on dielectric multi-layers integrated with graphene and VO2 [Optics Letters 47, no. 3 (2022): 678-681]; sub-microsecond electro-optical switching of one-dimensional soft photonic crystals [Photonics Research 10, no. 3 (2022): 786-792]; Controllable optofluidic assembly of biological cells using an all-dielectric one-dimensional photonic crystal [Photonics Research 10, no. 1 (2022): 14-20]; terahertz anisotropic response of additively manufactured one-dimensional photonic crystals [Optics Letters 46, no. 14 (2021): 3396-3399]; Stimulated Brillouin scattering in chiral photonic crystal fiber [Photonics Research 10, no. 3 (2022): 711-718].
Comments for author File: Comments.pdf
Author Response
Many thanks to every reviewer. As we see every remark is targeted to improvement of our publication. All the remarks relate to five main groups: 1. Experimental confirmation ; 2. Task formulation ; 3. Applications ; 4. Literature reviewe and recent publications ; 5. Figures or figure capture and/or English improvement.
The authors did their best to satisfy all the remarks. They and our answers are collected in the Table of corrections in the file enclosed.
The revisions are dispersed in the text. Therefore we do not indicate every line revised, only parts of our paper.
Looking forward for publication. Anyway we are ready to ccoperation and further revision if necessary.
Victor Belyaev
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 4 Report
Thank you for your kindly replies. The replies satisfy me. I would like to recommend the publication of the current manuscript in the journal.
